TORNADOES MAP · HISTORICAL ARCHIVE
U.S. Tornadoes in 2024: Records & Map
Explore the NOAA SPC 2024 U.S. tornado archive with monthly counts, touchdown-state totals, EF ratings, and links to individual records.
1,805 tornado records in the U.S. archive for 2024.
May had the largest monthly count in this release, with 536 records. Use the distribution below to identify dates to explore; these are reported tornado tracks, not counts of tornado days or outbreaks.
Open this selection on the map ↗- Single-track records
- 1,805
- Tracks affecting more than one state
- 40
- Unrated records
- 256
- Records without a start position
- 0
Tornadoes by month in 2024
- January45
- February45
- March56
- April356
- May536
- June153
- July213
- August85
- September71
- October54
- November60
- December131
Recorded tornadoes by archive month. Counts include records with missing coordinates or ratings. Source: NOAA SPC single-track archive.
Recorded damage ratings
F labels remain on earlier records and EF labels on records from February 1, 2007 onward. Unrated means unavailable, not EF0. Read the rating definitions.
| Rating number | F records | EF records |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | — | 594 |
| 1 | — | 767 |
| 2 | — | 141 |
| 3 | — | 43 |
| 4 | — | 4 |
| 5 | — | 0 |
| Unrated | 256 | |
Where did these tornadoes begin?
| Touchdown state | Records |
|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 151 |
| Illinois | 139 |
| Texas | 131 |
| Iowa | 124 |
| Florida | 113 |
| Nebraska | 99 |
| Louisiana | 95 |
| Missouri | 94 |
| Mississippi | 77 |
| Kansas | 74 |
Selected records to explore
5 rated records, ordered by rating number, then most recent date and archive ID. These are examples to inspect, not a ranking of financial loss, measured winds, or casualties.
| Date | Touchdown | Rating | Length (mi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2024 | Iowa | EF4 | 40.65 |
| May 6, 2024 | Oklahoma | EF4 | 40.8 |
| Apr 27, 2024 | Oklahoma | EF4 | 26.8 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Nebraska | EF4 | 31.89 |
| Dec 28, 2024 | Texas | EF3 | 10.34 |
How to interpret this page
Each interstate track is counted once. State totals group records by touchdown, rather than counting each state segment. The year uses the source dates and time zones, not a UTC regrouping. Earlier reporting was less complete, especially for weaker tornadoes.
Source: NOAA SPC 1950–2025 single-track CSV. Latest event date: 2025-12-28. Processing and limitations explain missing values, approximate track lines, and why monetary losses are not totaled here.