![]() With approximately 70 deaths, this year is already within the top 10 for deaths. In 2011, 553 people died in tornadoes, many in Joplin, Missouri. When looking at fatalities, 2023 is stacking up to be one of the highest on record for the U.S. More than half of the mainland states have experienced tornadoes, from California to Delaware and from Wisconsin to Texas. There have been at least 83 EFU tornadoes, 195 EF-0, 260 EF-1, 87 EF-2, 21 EF-3 and two EF-4 tornadoes as of June 6. March was the fifth-highest on record, and the fifth consecutive year with a violent tornado, tying the record from 1963 to 1967. Combined, January and February were the fourth-most active months on record. February’s tornado total is one of the highest in recent years and the 10 th most active on record. January 2023’s total is the second-highest on record. The first three months of 2023 exceeded the average, but April and May were below average. This total does not include all the tornadoes, as some still are in the investigative stages.Īccording to research from the National Centers for Environmental Information, from 1991–2020, there was an average of 39.4 tornadoes in January (with an average of 2.2 fatalities), 36.1 in February (with an average of 9.4 fatalities), 80.1 in March (with 8.1 fatalities on average), 182.4 tornadoes in April (with an average of 22.5 fatalities) and 264.8 in May (with an average of 16 fatalities). There were 128 in January, 56 in February, 189 confirmed in March, 146 in April, 125 in May and six so far in June. The 2023 tornado season has been busy, with nearly 795 preliminary reports of tornadoes and 649 tornadoes already confirmed in 2023 within the U.S.
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