# List of tornado events by year

The following is a list of tornado events by year.

## Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity

United States tornadoes by year :
| Year | Number of tornadoes | FU/EFU | F0/EF0 | F1/EF1 | F2/EF2 | F3/EF3 | F4/EF4 | F5/EF5 |
| 1946 | ≥164 | ≥83 | ? | ≥1 | ≥49 | ≥17 | ≥14 | 0 |
| 1947 | ≥129 | ? | ? | ≥1 | ≥92 | ≥19 | ≥15 | ≥2 |
| 1948 | ≥159 | ? | ? | ≥1 | ≥114 | ≥29 | ≥15 | 0 |
| 1949 | ≥279 | ≥71 | ? | ≥2 | ≥135 | ≥52 | ≥19 | 0 |
| 1950 | 201 | 0 | 16 | 86 | 68 | 24 | 7 | 0 |
| 1951 | 260 | 0 | 49 | 100 | 83 | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| 1952 | 240 | 0 | 32 | 82 | 72 | 36 | 18 | 0 |
| 1953 | 421 | 0 | 66 | 159 | 134 | 40 | 17 | 5 |
| 1954 | 550 | 0 | 89 | 226 | 189 | 39 | 7 | 0 |
| 1955 | 591 | 0 | 170 | 217 | 164 | 30 | 8 | 2 |
| 1956 | 504 | 0 | 125 | 181 | 147 | 38 | 12 | 1 |
| 1957 | 857 | 0 | 216 | 305 | 236 | 74 | 23 | 3 |
| 1958 | 564 | 0 | 145 | 233 | 145 | 36 | 4 | 1 |
| 1959 | 604 | 0 | 145 | 262 | 155 | 35 | 7 | 0 |
| 1960 | 616 | 0 | 128 | 262 | 175 | 44 | 6 | 1 |
| 1961 | 697 | 0 | 154 | 241 | 229 | 66 | 7 | 0 |
| 1962 | 657 | 0 | 191 | 265 | 162 | 33 | 6 | 0 |
| 1963 | 463 | 0 | 98 | 179 | 148 | 33 | 5 | 0 |
| 1964 | 704 | 0 | 169 | 268 | 216 | 39 | 10 | 2 |
| 1965 | 897 | 0 | 246 | 300 | 249 | 71 | 30 | 1 |
| 1966 | 585 | 0 | 169 | 239 | 145 | 25 | 4 | 3 |
| 1967 | 927 | 0 | 282 | 327 | 243 | 58 | 17 | 0 |
| 1968 | 657 | 0 | 192 | 251 | 163 | 39 | 8 | 4 |
| 1969 | 608 | 0 | 195 | 218 | 139 | 49 | 7 | 0 |
| 1970 | 653 | 0 | 164 | 253 | 191 | 36 | 8 | 1 |
| 1971 | 889 | 0 | 188 | 380 | 239 | 71 | 10 | 1 |
| 1972 | 741 | 0 | 174 | 345 | 181 | 37 | 4 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1,102 | 0 | 219 | 497 | 301 | 71 | 13 | 1 |
| 1974 | 945 | 0 | 222 | 384 | 208 | 95 | 29 | 7 |
| 1975 | 919 | 0 | 307 | 376 | 191 | 34 | 11 | 0 |
| 1976 | 834 | 0 | 262 | 341 | 168 | 47 | 13 | 3 |
| 1977 | 852 | 0 | 338 | 332 | 135 | 37 | 9 | 1 |
| 1978 | 789 | 0 | 436 | 225 | 104 | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 855 | 0 | 387 | 318 | 116 | 28 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 866 | 0 | 269 | 398 | 162 | 32 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 782 | 0 | 283 | 320 | 149 | 23 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1,047 | 0 | 374 | 421 | 187 | 58 | 6 | 1 |
| 1983 | 931 | 0 | 350 | 372 | 147 | 58 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 907 | 0 | 373 | 352 | 126 | 41 | 14 | 1 |
| 1985 | 684 | 0 | 308 | 259 | 79 | 29 | 10 | 1 |
| 1986 | 765 | 0 | 354 | 271 | 116 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 656 | 0 | 340 | 239 | 62 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 702 | 0 | 283 | 311 | 81 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 856 | 0 | 369 | 364 | 102 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1,133 | 0 | 537 | 385 | 155 | 41 | 12 | 3 |
| 1991 | 1,132 | 0 | 688 | 295 | 103 | 39 | 6 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1,313 | 0 | 699 | 427 | 129 | 44 | 13 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1,173 | 0 | 733 | 324 | 80 | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1,082 | 0 | 694 | 272 | 81 | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1,185 | 0 | 822 | 234 | 98 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1,173 | 0 | 743 | 313 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1,148 | 0 | 743 | 281 | 85 | 29 | 9 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1,424 | 0 | 883 | 382 | 116 | 35 | 6 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1,339 | 0 | 830 | 323 | 122 | 51 | 12 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1,075 | 0 | 723 | 267 | 62 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1,215 | 0 | 810 | 278 | 98 | 23 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 934 | 0 | 623 | 215 | 65 | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1,374 | 0 | 891 | 355 | 93 | 27 | 8 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1,817 | 0 | 1,216 | 470 | 103 | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1,265 | 0 | 815 | 344 | 85 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1,103 | 0 | 686 | 292 | 93 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1,097 | 0 | 674 | 300 | 91 | 26 | 5 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1,693 | 0 | 985 | 498 | 151 | 49 | 9 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1,147 | 0 | 695 | 348 | 82 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1,282 | 0 | 768 | 342 | 127 | 32 | 13 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1,713 | 0 | 802 | 629 | 198 | 61 | 17 | 6 |
| 2012 | 948 | 0 | 583 | 241 | 94 | 26 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 916 | 0 | 499 | 309 | 80 | 19 | 8 | 1 |
| 2014 | 929 | 0 | 510 | 321 | 71 | 20 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1,178 | 0 | 691 | 401 | 65 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 974 | 30 | 530 | 311 | 75 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1,418 | 67 | 615 | 594 | 127 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1,121 | 15 | 619 | 400 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1,529 | 179 | 655 | 540 | 119 | 33 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1,086 | 109 | 443 | 421 | 89 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1,315 | 210 | 545 | 433 | 103 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1,176 | 157 | 406 | 466 | 123 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,378 | 309 | 463 | 446 | 129 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1,780 | 252 | 575 | 767 | 137 | 43 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total 1946-2025 | ≥ 72,727 | ≥ 1,484 | ≥ 33,082 | ≥ 24,419 | ≥ 10,302 | ≥ 2,727 | ≥ 651 | ≥ 61 |