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TORNADOES MAP · HISTORICAL ARCHIVE

Tornado History by State & Year

Browse U.S. tornado history by touchdown state and year, with NOAA SPC record counts, monthly charts, ratings, and map links for 1950–2025.

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Browse 73,458 reported tornado tracks from 1950–2025. These summaries connect the historical record to the interactive map.

All 50 states

Alphabetical directory of states with touchdown records in this release. Counts describe whole tracks beginning in each state, not every tornado that entered it.

Alabama tornado history →2,681 recordsAlaska tornado history →5 recordsArizona tornado history →302 recordsArkansas tornado history →2,090 recordsCalifornia tornado history →486 recordsColorado tornado history →2,476 recordsConnecticut tornado history →125 recordsDelaware tornado history →74 recordsFlorida tornado history →3,761 recordsGeorgia tornado history →1,977 recordsHawaii tornado history →41 recordsIdaho tornado history →226 recordsIllinois tornado history →3,108 recordsIndiana tornado history →1,725 recordsIowa tornado history →3,079 recordsKansas tornado history →4,582 recordsKentucky tornado history →1,223 recordsLouisiana tornado history →2,482 recordsMaine tornado history →134 recordsMaryland tornado history →415 recordsMassachusetts tornado history →192 recordsMichigan tornado history →1,141 recordsMinnesota tornado history →2,193 recordsMississippi tornado history →2,854 recordsMissouri tornado history →2,656 recordsMontana tornado history →444 recordsNebraska tornado history →3,203 recordsNevada tornado history →96 recordsNew Hampshire tornado history →99 recordsNew Jersey tornado history →188 recordsNew Mexico tornado history →678 recordsNew York tornado history →535 recordsNorth Carolina tornado history →1,533 recordsNorth Dakota tornado history →1,737 recordsOhio tornado history →1,381 recordsOklahoma tornado history →4,484 recordsOregon tornado history →135 recordsPennsylvania tornado history →982 recordsRhode Island tornado history →17 recordsSouth Carolina tornado history →1,217 recordsSouth Dakota tornado history →1,945 recordsTennessee tornado history →1,447 recordsTexas tornado history →9,610 recordsUtah tornado history →142 recordsVermont tornado history →49 recordsVirginia tornado history →828 recordsWashington tornado history →134 recordsWest Virginia tornado history →164 recordsWisconsin tornado history →1,596 recordsWyoming tornado history →749 records

District and territories

The archive also contains records for these areas, listed separately from the 50 states.

District of Columbia tornado history →3 recordsPuerto Rico tornado history →33 recordsU.S. Virgin Islands tornado history →1 record

Browse by year

U.S. tornadoes in 2025 →U.S. tornadoes in 2024 →

Explore the deadliest tornado days

Ten deadliest U.S. tornado days in this archive, ranked by reported fatalities, with historical context and maps for each date.

Explore the longest tornado tracks

The 25 longest recorded tornado paths since 1970, ranked by path length in miles, with ratings, states crossed, and map links.

What these summaries count

Each retained record represents a whole tornado track. State pages select the state where the tornado began. A tornado that entered from a neighboring state is outside that selection; a tornado that began here and crossed a border is included once.

Year pages follow the source's calendar dates. This release ends on 2025-12-28; it contains no live reports. Counts can differ from preliminary reports or archives that count state segments.

Start with tornado geography and seasonality to interpret patterns, or tornado damage to understand what a track's rating describes.