List of tornadoes by calendar day

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The following is a list notable tornado events (including tornado outbreaks and tornado outbreak sequences) occurring throughout the year.

In the United States tornadoes have been recorded on every day of the year and destructive tornadoes occurred during every month of the calendar. The average date of first occurrence in the U.S. is January 11. The earliest recorded tornado in a year (since 1950) was at 12:02 am on January 1, 2011 in Attala County, Mississippi (2 minutes into the year) and the latest occurrence of the first tornado was on February 15, 2003 in Marengo County, Alabama (45 days into the year).^[1]

Events[]

  North America

  South America

  Europe

  Asia

  Africa

  Oceania

January[]

Date	Location	Significance
January 1, 1970	Australia	Bulahdelah tornado
January 1, 2011	Attala County, Mississippi	An EF3 tornado touched down at 12:02 a.m. CST, the earliest of any tornado in any calendar year. 2010 New Year’s Eve tornado outbreak
January 2, 2006	Midwestern, Southern United States	Tornado outbreak of January 2, 2006
January 3, 1949	Warren, Arkansas	An F4 tornado devastated this small town, killed 55, and injured hundreds of others. A 20-square-block area of commercial and residential areas was completely destroyed.[2][3]
January 4, 2021	Tehama County, California	Extremely rare January (EF0) tornado touched down in a rural area west of Corning.
January 5, 1917	Vireton, near McAlester, Oklahoma	The schoolhouse in this town took a direct hit from a violent (estimated F3) tornado. Fifteen children were killed making this one of the deadliest incidents of its kind in U.S. history.[4]
January 6, 1951	Alexandria, Louisiana	Eleven people were injured and dozens of homes were either damaged or destroyed from this F2/F3 tornado that moved through the center of the city.[5]
January 7–11, 2008	Central and Southern U.S.	January 2008 tornado outbreak sequence Included eight EF3 tornadoes in multiple states between Wisconsin (their first January tornado in 40+ years) and Alabama.
January 8, 2019	Cortland, Ohio, Mercer County, Pennsylvania	On this unseasonably warm January morning, two EF1 tornadoes touched down - one in northeastern Ohio, the other in northwestern Pennsylvania - with top winds of 95-100 mph each.[6][7]
January 9, 1889	Brooklyn, New York	Roofs were blown off houses and trees were uprooted but nobody was killed in this mid-winter storm that hit South Brooklyn including the Williamsburg neighborhood and the Navy Yard.[8]
January 10, 1973	Argentina	San Justo tornado
January 11, 1898	Fort Smith, Arkansas	1898 Fort Smith, Arkansas tornado
January 12, 1890	Hickman County, Kentucky	Eleven people were killed, 53 were injured, and 55 houses east of the town of Clinton were destroyed.[9]
January 13, 2020	Loris, South Carolina	Nobody was killed or injured by this short-lived EF1 tornado that formed near the small city’s high school. Noteworthy is that the majority of the damage occurred between the school’s football field and its parking lot where video caught a number of cars being flipped.[10]
January 14, 1991	Texas	A small outbreak of 11 tornadoes hit south/southeast Texas, the worst of which was an F2. One person died 13 days after sustaining serious injuries during an F1 tornado in Colorado County and 11 others were injured. A 150 year-old plantation was destroyed and tractor-trailers were flipped on Interstate 10[11][12]
January 15, 1971	Florida, Georgia	The tornado outbreak of January 15, 1971 consisted of ten tornadoes, including an F2 that killed a truck driver near the town of Americus, Georgia after the mobile home he was towing flipped over and landed on the cab of his truck.
January 16, 2000	Dayton, Washington	An extremely rare winter-morning tornado (rated F1) in Washington State touched down at 9 a.m. PST for only a few minutes. During that time, it damaged the roofs of a barn and the elementary school as well as some trees, one of which fell on a house and collapsed its brick chimney.[13]
January 17-18, 1999	Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania	Tornado outbreak of January 17-18, 1999 included a violent F4 tornado that hit Jackson, Tennessee and killed six people.
January 18, 1999	Mount Ayliff, South Africa	An F4 tornado that killed 21 people and injured 350 others. This rating was earned because multiple cars were thrown significant distances, killing some of their occupants.[14]
January 19, 1928	Cincinnati, Ohio, suburbs near Louisville, Kentucky	Authors of the Monthly Weather Review surmised that a tornado had never been seen that far north in the winter. The Cincinnati tornado touched down just after 9 a.m. EST and caused an estimated $100,000 in damages (not adjusted)[15]
January 20, 2010	Southern/Southeastern United States	The strongest tornado in this January outbreak was an EF3 tornado that caused about $1.5 million damage primarily in the area around the town of Waskom, Texas. While buildings were destroyed and people were trapped and needed rescue, there were no fatalities or injuries associated with this tornado.
January 21–23, 1999	Southern, Midwestern United States	January 21–23, 1999 tornado outbreak although the strongest storms occurred in Arkansas on the 21st.
January 23–24, 1997	Southern United States	The Tornado outbreak of January 23–24, 1997 primarily affected Alabama and Tennessee
January 24, 1967	Mississippi Valley, US	1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak
January 25, 2021	Fultondale, Alabama	A strong, late-night, EF3 tornado caused considerable damage to this small town north of Birmingham. A 14 year-old was killed when his house collapsed on him and at least 30 others were injured. Primary listing: Fultondale tornado
January 26, 1944	Oklahoma	During this rare winter outbreak, at least two people were killed and dozens were injured in towns throughout the state.[16]
January 26–27, 2013	Queensland, Australia	Tornadoes associated with Cyclone Oswald
January 27, 1967	Felton, Delaware	Seven people were injured when an F2 tornado touched down and damaged several houses and businesses.[17]
January 27, 2019	Havana, Cuba	The Havana tornado was a late-night EF4 tornado that caused significant damage, killed seven people and injured nearly 200 others. It was the first tornado to hit Havana since 1940.
January 28, 1973	Florida	The Central Florida tornado outbreak primarily affected the area around Orlando and Kissimmee
January 29-30, 2013	Midwestern, Southern United States	A total of 65 tornadoes touched down during the Tornado outbreak of January 29–30, 2013, the worst being an EF3 that struck the town of Adairsville, Georgia and caused $75 million in damage.
January 31, 1908	Jefferson, Copiah, and Simpson Counties, Mississippi.	This violent long-track tornado (40+ miles) with estimated F4 strength [18] killed eight people - six from the same family, whose house had been obliterated, plus another couple (all residents of Martinsville - and injured 30 others.[19]

February[]

Date	Location	Significance
February 1, 1955	Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee	The National Weather Service only confirmed two weak tornadoes in Tennessee but Grazulis - and others - allege that the strong tornadoes that killed dozens of people in Commerce Landing and Olive Branch, Mississippi were downplayed as a result of the race of the victims.[20]
February 2, 1918	Australia	Brighton tornado
February 2, 2007	Central Florida	2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak
February 3, 2012	northern Texas	A very rare severe weather outbreak included the earliest tornado on record in the Texas panhandle, an EF1 that tracked 13 miles through three different counties.[21]
February 5–6, 2008		2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
February 6, 1942		Southeast tornado outbreak
February 10, 1959	St. Louis, Missouri
February 10, 2013	Mississippi	2013 Hattiesburg, Mississippi tornado
February 13-14, 2000	North and South Carolina	Valentine’s Day Severe Weather Outbreak, per the NWS[22]
February 19–20, 1884		Enigma tornado outbreak
February 22, 1876	Bowen, Queensland, Australia
February 22–23, 1998	Florida	1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak
February 23, 1917
February 23–24, 2016	Southeastern United States	February 23–24, 2016 tornado outbreak
February 24, 2018	Adairsville, Kentucky	2 reported deaths [23]
February 28–29, 2012	Mississippi River Valley	2012 Leap Day tornado outbreak

March[]

Date	Location	Significance
March 1–2, 2007		(*)February–March 2007 tornado outbreak sequence
March 2, 2012		(*)Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012
March 9–13, 2006		Missouri – Illinois on 11th during March 2006 tornado outbreak sequence
March 13, 1990	Central U.S.	(*)March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak
March 15, 2008	Georgia, U.S.	2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak
March 16–17, 1942		March 1942 tornado outbreak.
March 18, 1925	Central and southern U.S.	Tri-State Tornado Outbreak.
March 19, 1961	Faridpur and Dhaka Districts, Bangladesh
March 20, 1998	West Bengal and Orissa, India
March 21–23, 1913		Omaha, Nebraska on 23rd during March 1913 tornado outbreak sequence
March 21–22, 1932	Deep South, U.S.	1932 Deep South tornado outbreak
March 21–22, 1952	Southern U.S.	March 1952 Southern United States tornado outbreak
March 21, 2013	Victoria, Australia	Eastern Victoria tornado outbreak
March 23, 1917	Mid-Mississippi Valley, U.S.	Mid-Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak
March 24, 1998	Orissa and West Bengal, India
March 25, 1948	Oklahoma	A significant tornado striking Tinker Air Force Base was the first official tornado forecast and was successfully forecast by Robert C. Miller and Edward Fawbush following a damaging tornado that struck the base on March 20.
March 27, 1890	Mid-Mississippi Valley, U.S.	March 1890 middle Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak
March 27, 1994	Southern U.S.	1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak
March 28, 1920		1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak
March 28, 1984	Southeastern U.S.	1984 Carolinas tornado outbreak

April[]

Date	Location	Significance
April 1, 1972	Mymensingh, Bangladesh
April 1, 1977	Madaripur and Shibchar, Bangladesh
April 2, 1936	Southeastern U.S.	(*)1936 Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak
April 2, 1957	Dallas, Texas	Strong tornado across Dallas, Texas is widely filmed and photographed; the film studied by Walter Hoecker leads to advancements in understanding of tornado life cycle and wind speeds.
April 2, 1977	Mokshedpur, Bhanga, and Tungipara, Bangladesh
April 3–4, 1974	Central and eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada	1974 Super Outbreak. Most violent tornado outbreak in recorded history.
April 4–5, 2011	Southeastern United States	Derecho and tornado outbreak of April 4–5, 2011
April 5–6, 1936	Southern U.S.	1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak
April 5, 1972	Northwestern U.S.	1972 Portland–Vancouver tornado
April 6–9, 1998		(*)April 6–9, 1998 tornado outbreaks
April 8, 1838	Calcutta, India
April 9, 1947	Southern Great Plains, U.S.	1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes. Very deadly tornado family is also among longest known path lengths.
April 9, 1953	Illinois	Tornado north of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois is first confirmed tornado to be associated with a hook echo.
April 9, 1993	Kandi, India
April 9–11, 2011	Iowa, Wisconsin	April 2011 Iowa–Wisconsin tornado outbreak
April 10, 1978	Orissa District, India
April 10, 1979	Southern Great Plains, U.S.	1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak
April 11, 1964	Magura and Narail Districts, Bangladesh
April 11–12, 1965		1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak. Among most intense known outbreaks; studies Ted Fujita advanced concepts of the tornado family and subvortices/multiple vortex tornadoes, and led to formation of the Skywarn storm spotting program.
April 11, 1974	Bogra, Bangladesh
April 12, 1945	Central U.S.	Southern Plains-Midwest tornado outbreak
April 12, 1973	Baliakandi, Bangladesh
April 12, 1981	Parshuram, Fulgazi, Somarpur, and Sonagazi, Bangladesh
April 13–16, 2012		(*)Tornado outbreak of April 13–16, 2012
April 14, 1886		1886 Sauk Rapids tornado
April 14, 1969	Comilla, Bangladesh
April 14, 1969	East Pakistan	Likely related to the system that spawned the above listed Bangladeshi tornado
April 14, 1986	Borni, Bangladesh
April 14–16, 2011		Carolinas on 16th as part of (*)April 14–16, 2011 tornado outbreak sequence
April 15–16, 1998		1998 Nashville tornado outbreak.
April 16, 1978	Jaipur and Keonjhar Districts, Bangladesh
April 17, 1973	Manikganj, Singair, and Nawabganj, Bangladesh
April 17, 1981	Kapundi, Erandi, Dhanbeni, and Rengalbeda, Bangladesh
April 18, 1978	Karimpur, India
April 18, 1880	Marshfield, Missouri
April 19, 1927	Central U.S.	Southern Plains-Midwest tornado outbreak
April 19, 1963	Bangladesh and India
April 19, 1996	Midwestern U.S.	(*)April 1996 tornado outbreak sequence
April 19–24, 2011	Midwestern United States, Southern United States	Tornado outbreak sequence of April 19–24, 2011
April 20, 1920	Starkville, Mississippi and Waco, Alabama
April 20, 2004	Midwestern U.S.	April 20, 2004 tornado outbreak
April 21, 1967	Midwestern U.S.	1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak
April 22, 2011	St. Louis, Missouri	2011 St. Louis tornado
April 23–25, 1908		Amite, Louisiana and Purvis, Mississippi on 23rd, Natchez, Mississippi on 24th, during 1908 Dixie tornado outbreaks
April 24, 1908	Naria, Zajira, and Bhederganj, Bangladesh
April 24, 1908	Dhaka, Bangladesh
April 24, 1929	Central and eastern U.S.	Plains, Midwest, and Southeast tornado outbreak
April 24, 2007	Mexico/Texas border	2007 Piedras Negras–Eagle Pass tornadoes
April 24, 2010		Yazoo City, Mississippi during (*)Tornado outbreak of April 22–25, 2010
April 25–28, 2011	Southeastern U.S.	2011 Super Outbreak – an exceptionally intense tornado outbreak broke several outbreak records and produced 360 total tornadoes, with 216 on April 27 alone.
April 25, 2014	North Carolina	April 2014 North Carolina tornado outbreak
April 26, 1938	Oshkosh, Nebraska	Oshkosh, Nebraska tornado outbreak
April 26, 1989	Bangladesh	Daulatpur–Saturia tornado. Deadliest recorded tornado in world history.
April 26, 1991	Southern and central Great Plains, U.S.	April 26, 1991 tornado outbreak. Very intense outbreak.
April 27, 1942		Pryor, Oklahoma tornado outbreak (Ortonville, Minnesota)
April 27–28, 2002	Central and eastern U.S.	2002 Midwest to Mid-Atlantic United States tornado outbreak
April 27–30, 2014	Southern United States, Midwestern United States	Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014
April 29, 1972	Bhakua and Haripur, Bangladesh
April 30, 1924		(*)April 1924 tornado outbreak

May[]

Date	Location	Significance
May 2, 1929	Rye Cove, Virginia	1929 Rye Cove, Virginia tornado outbreak
May 2, 2007	Ndjamena, Chad
May 3, 1895	Hull, Iowa	Hull, Iowa tornado outbreak
May 3–4, 1999	Southern Great Plains, U.S.	May 3 Tornado Outbreak including one of the most violent tornadoes ever recorded on Earth, the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado
May 4, 1961	Oklahoma	First successful scientific storm chase by National Severe Storms Project (NSSP) researcher Neil B. Ward results in first filmed and photographed tornado from a storm chase.
May 4–11, 2003		May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence.
May 4–6, 2007		May 2007 tornado outbreak, the most violent being the EF5 tornado that destroyed greater than 95 percent of the city of Greensburg, Kansas on May 4.
May 5–10, 2015	Great Plains	May 5–10, 2015 tornado outbreak sequence
May 6, 1975		(*)1975 Omaha tornado outbreaks
May 7, 1840		Great Natchez Tornado
May 7, 2007	Bebedjia, Chad
May 9, 1927		Poplar Bluff, Missouri
May 10, 1899	Northern Mexico	Hondo Coal Mine
May 10, 1905	Snyder, Oklahoma	1905 Snyder, Oklahoma tornado
May 10–11, 1953		Waco, Texas on 11th during 1953 Waco tornado outbreak
May 10, 2003	United States, Canada	Significant outbreak during May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence.
May 11, 1970	Texas	1970 Lubbock tornado. F5 tornado struck downtown and led to major civil/structural engineering advances at Texas Tech University; Also led Ted Fujita to formulate the Fujita scale.
May 12, 1886	Madrid, Spain
May 12, 1951	Faridpur District, Bangladesh
May 12, 1997	Miami, Florida, US	1997 Miami tornado
May 13, 1908	Gilliam, Louisiana
May 13, 1995	Midwestern U.S.	Significant outbreak during (*)May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence
May 13, 1996	Jamalpur – Dhaka – Tangail Districts, Bangladesh	Tornadoes
May 15, 1896	Sherman, Texas during May 1896 tornado outbreak sequence
May 18, 1902	South Texas	1902 Goliad, Texas tornado. Tied for highest death toll in Texas.
May 18, 1995	Tennessee	Large outbreak during (*)May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence
May 19–21, 1957	Great Plains, U.S.	Ruskin Heights, Missouri on 20th during May 1957 Central Plains tornado outbreak sequence
May 20, 2013	Oklahoma	2013 Moore tornado. Deadly EF5.
May 21, 1950	Buckinghamshire – Cambridgeshire, England, UK	Tornadoes
May 22, 1987	West Texas	1987 Saragosa, Texas tornado
May 22, 2004	Central Great Plains, U.S.	2004 Hallam, Nebraska tornado during (*)May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence
May 22–31, 2008		Parkersburg – New Hartford, Iowa on 25th during Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence. EF5.
May 22, 2011	Missouri	2011 Joplin tornado. EF5 wedge tornado is deadliest since 1947 and 7th deadliest in U.S. history; is also among the costliest tornadoes in monetary damages.
May 23–25, 2015	Texas, Oklahoma	2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak
May 24, 1973	Oklahoma	First successful tornado chase by a scientific team, the Tornado Intercept Project, of Union City tornado led to tornado morphology and dynamics advancements and defining of the tornado life cycle.
May 24, 2005	Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brazil	Large multiple-vortex tornado[24]
May 25–26, 1955	Great Plains, U.S.	Blackwell, Oklahoma and Udall, Kansas on 25th during 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak
May 26, 1917		Mattoon and Charleston, Illinois tornadoes during May–June 1917 tornado outbreak sequence. Deadly tornadoes and Mattoon-Charleston tornado family is among longest known path lengths.
May 26, 1963	Oklahoma	Tornadic thunderstorms observed visually and on radar by Ralph Donaldson lead to advancements in understanding of tornadoes and tornadic thunderstorms, such as knowledge of right-moving storm.
May 27–28, 1896		St. Louis, Missouri – East St. Louis, Illinois on 27th during St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado outbreak as part of May 1896 tornado outbreak sequence
May 27, 1995		Large outbreak during (*)May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence
May 27, 1997	Central Texas	1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak including one of the violent tornadoes ever recorded, an F5 at Jarrell, Texas.
May 29, 1981	Eastern Lithuania
May 29, 1995	Western Massachusetts	1995 Great Barrington tornado This was the most recent of only three F4/EF4 tornadoes to hit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 29–30, 2004	Great Plains, U.S.	Memorial Day Outbreak during (*)May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence
May 30, 1998	North-central U.S.	Spencer, South Dakota during Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho
May 31, 1985	Eastern U.S. and Canada	1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak. Among most intense known outbreaks.
May 31, 2013	Oklahoma	2013 El Reno tornado. A violent tornado of EF5 intensity (later downgraded to EF3), the widest ever recorded at 2.6 miles wide, and the first tornado known to have killed storm chasers. Among its victims were scientist Tim Samaras; his son and videographer, Paul Samaras; and his friend, meteorologist Carl Young.

June[]

Date	Location	Significance
June 1, 1903	Gainesville and Holland, Georgia, U.S.
June 1, 2011	New England, U.S.	2011 New England tornado outbreak, primarily made up of a violent, long-track, high-end EF3 tornado that killed four people and devastated the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
June 2, 1902	Javaugues, France
June 2–3, 1980	Central and eastern U.S.	Grand Island, Nebraska on 3rd during (*)1980 Grand Island tornado outbreaks
June 2–3, 1990	Ohio Valley, U.S.	June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak.
June 3, 1860	Dewitt – Camanche, Iowa
June 3–11, 2008	Central and eastern North America	June 2008 tornado outbreak sequence
June 3, 2009	Russia	2009 Krasnozavodsk tornado
June 5, 2009	Goshen County, Wyoming	Significant tornado is most observed in history as was surrounded for entire life cycle by the VORTEX2 armada.
June 7–8, 1984	North-central U.S.	1984 Barneveld, Wisconsin tornado outbreak
June 8, 1953		Flint, Michigan during Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence
June 8, 1966		Topeka, Kansas tornado during (*)June 1966 tornado outbreak sequence
June 8, 1974	Southern Great Plains U.S.	June 1974 Great Plains tornado outbreak 36 tornadoes, 22 fatalities
June 9, 1953		The 1953 Worcester Tornado, a long-track, high-end F4 storm (disputed F5) that killed 94 people, injured nearly 1300, and caused $52 million in damage.
June 9, 1984	U.S.S.R. (Russia)	1984 Soviet Union tornado outbreak
June 12, 1899	Wisconsin	1899 New Richmond tornado
June 14–18, 1992	Great Plains, U.S.	(*)Mid-June 1992 tornado outbreak.
June 16, 1942	Brazil
June 16–18, 2010	Northern Great Plains, U.S.	Minnesota on 17th during (*)June 2010 Northern Plains tornado outbreaks
June 16–18, 2014	Great Plains and Midwest, U.S. Ontario, Canada	June 16–18, 2014 tornado outbreak
June 17, 1944	Wilmot, South Dakota
June 17, 1946	Ontario, Canada	1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado
June 18–19, 1972	Southeast U.S.	Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak. The hurricane spawned 30 confirmed tornadoes across Florida and Georgia, including 6 F0 tornadoes, 12 F1 events, 10 F2 events, and two F3 tornadoes on the Fujita scale.
June 19, 1835	New Jersey	1835 New Brunswick, New Jersey tornado
June 20, 1957	North Dakota	1957 Fargo tornado. One of the first widely photographed tornadoes; it was intensively studied by Ted Fujita which led to substantial advancement in understanding of tornadic thunderstorm morphology.
June 22, 1922	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
June 22–23, 1944	Appalachia, U.S.	Shinnston, West Virginia on 23rd during 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak
June 22, 2007	Manitoba, Canada	2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado. Only recorded F5/EF5 tornado in Canadian history.
June 23–26, 2012		2012 Tropical Storm Debby tornado outbreak
June 24–25, 1967	Western Europe	1967 Western Europe tornado outbreaks
June 24, 2003	Northern Great Plains, U.S.	(*)2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak
June 27, 1955		Tornado cluster near Scottsbluff, Nebraska is among first tornadic events to be readily photographed and was intensively studied by Walter Hoecker.
June 27, 1957		Hurricane Audrey tornado outbreak
June 28, 1924	Ohio	1924 Lorain–Sandusky tornado
June 29, 1904	Russia	1904 Moscow tornado(s)
June 30, 1912	Saskatchewan, Canada	Regina Cyclone. Deadliest tornado in Canadian history.

July[]

Date	Location	Significance
July 4, 1898	Hampton Beach, New Hampshire	A rare tornado along New Hampshire’s seacoast killed at least three people and injured more than 100 others.[25]
July 4, 1965	Parma, Italy
July 5, 1643	modern-day Essex County, Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire	Allegedly the first tornado in the Thirteen Colonies, documented by Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in his “weather journal”. He describes a meeting house in Newbury being lifted off the ground with everyone in it and acknowledges the death of a Native American man after a tree fell on him. Damage occurred between ”Lynne” and Hampton. This is disputed as Winthrop does not mention a whirling/rotating cloud or a funnel shape.[26]
July 6, 1893	Pomeroy, Iowa	[27]
July 6, 1992	Panama City, Panama
July 6, 2001	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	2001 Myrtle Beach tornadoes
July 8, 1680	Cambridge, Massachusetts	First (less disputed) confirmed tornado in the Thirteen Colonies documented by Increase Mather. A man named Matthew Bridge described a “thick black cloud in continuous circular motion” [28] that was filled with debris. It ripped up and tossed around trees, bushes, and large rocks and also took the roof off a barn. A servant named John Robbins was the sole fatality: he died from injuries sustained during the storm (reportedly broken bones and significant bruising).[29][30]
July 9, 1959	England, U.K.	Long-track supercell thunderstorm crossing to England from France is intensively studied by Frank Ludlum and Keith Browning who develop the concept of the supercell thunderstorm.
July 10, 1968	Pforzheim, Germany
July 10, 1989	Northeastern U.S.	1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak
July 13, 2004	Illinois	2004 Roanoke tornado. Violent summer tornado transitioned into derecho.
July 14, 2000	Alberta, Canada	Pine Lake tornado
July 23, 1975	Illinois	1975 Canton, Illinois tornado
July 24, 1930	Montello, Italy
July 26, 1890	Lawrence, Massachusetts
July 28, 2005	Birmingham, UK	One of the strongest UK tornadoes with a rating of an EF3 (138 mph max sustained winds) on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
July 28, 2014	Revere, Massachusetts.	EF2, only recorded tornado in Suffolk County, Massachusetts since 1950.
July 30, 1119	Vyšehrad, Czech Republic
July 31, 1987	Canada	Edmonton tornado

August[]

Date	Location	Significance
August 1, 1674	Utrecht, Netherlands
August 3–4, 2008		August 2008 European tornado outbreak
August 6, 1879		Bouctouche, New Brunswick tornado. Easternmost violent tornado recorded in North America.
August 9, 1878	Connecticut	1878 Wallingford tornado
August 9, 1980		Hurricane Allen tornado outbreak
August 10, 1924	Thurman, Colorado
August 11, 1999	Salt Lake City, Utah	1999 Salt Lake City tornado
August 12, 2002	Southeastern Romania
August 14, 1971	Queensland, Australia	Kin Kin tornado
August 15, 1787	New England, U.S.	Four-State Tornado Swarm. Earliest known tornado outbreak.
August 15, 1985		Hurricane Danny tornado outbreak
August 15–16, 2008		2008 Poland tornado outbreak
August 16, 1888	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
August 18, 2005	Wisconsin	August 2005 Wisconsin tornado outbreak. Largest recorded tornado outbreak in Wisconsin.
August 18–27, 2008		2008 Tropical Storm Fay tornado outbreak
August 19, 1845	Seine – Maritime, France
August 19, 2005	Canada	Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005
August 20, 1970	Canada	Sudbury, Ontario tornado
August 20, 2009	Canada	Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2009
August 21, 1521	Tlatelolco (Mexico City), Mexico	Apparent tornado two days before the Aztec capital's fall to Hernán Cortés would be the first known tornado in the Americas.
August 21, 2011	Canada	2011 Goderich, Ontario tornado
August 22, 1851	Massachusetts
August 24, 2006		August 24, 2006 tornado outbreak
August 25, 1814	Washington, D.C.	Killed British troops occupying capital the day after it was burned during War of 1812
August 25, 1948	Frankton – Hamilton, New Zealand
August 27 – September 4, 2012		2012 Hurricane Isaac tornado outbreak
August 28, 1973	West Stockbridge, Massachusetts / Canaan, New York	One of only three F4/EF4 tornadoes to strike the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this short-lived violent tornado killed four people and destroyed a large truck stop.
August 28, 1990	Illinois	1990 Plainfield tornado
August 29–31, 2005		Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak
August 31, 2008		Hurricane Gustav tornado outbreak

September[]

Date	Location	Significance
September 3, 1979		Hurricane David tornado outbreak
September 3–7, 2011		Tropical Storm Lee tornado outbreak
September 4, 1935		1935 Labor Day hurricane tornado outbreak
September 4–5, 2004		2004 Hurricane Frances tornado outbreak
September 7, 2009	San Pedro, Argentina
September 9, 1821	Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont	September 1821 New England tornado outbreak
September 10, 1961		Hurricane Carla tornado outbreak
September 11, 1970	Venice, Italy	Tornadoes
September 13, 1928		Upper Plains-Midwest tornado outbreak
September 15, 1912	Syracuse, New York
September 15–18, 2004		Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak
September 15, 2006	Barranquilla, Colombia
September 16, 1988		Hurricane Gilbert tornado outbreak
September 18, 2006	Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū), Japan
September 20, 1967		Hurricane Beulah tornado outbreak
September 22, 1810	Fernhill Heath, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
September 23, 1551 (or 1555)	Malta	Valletta, Malta tornado
September 23, 1903	Yodobashi Town, Japan
September 24–30, 1998		Hurricane Georges tornado outbreak
September 24–26, 2005		Hurricane Rita tornado outbreak
September 26, 1881	Miyazaki, Japan
September 29, 1927		1927 St. Louis tornado outbreak

October[]

Date	Location	Significance
October 3, 1964		Hurricane Hilda tornado outbreak
October 3, 1979		Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado
October 4, 1998	Oklahoma
October 6, 1981	Netherlands	NLM CityHopper Flight 431.
October 17, 1091	London, England, UK	London tornado of 1091
October 21, 1999	Heidelberg, South Africa
October 24, 2001	Midwestern U.S.	North Central Indiana-Michigan Tornado Outbreak
October 24, 2005		Hurricane Wilma tornado outbreak
October 25, 1965	Encarnación, Paraguay
October 25, 1968	Vichadero, Uruguay
October 26, 2007	Dunoon, New South Wales, Australia

November[]

Date	Location	Significance
November 4, 1922	Great Plains U.S.	Great Plains tornado outbreak
November 4, 1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
November 6, 1989	Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia	Tornadoes
November 6, 2005	Mid-Mississippi Valley, U.S.	(*)Evansville Tornado of November 2005
November 7, 2006	Japan	2006 Saroma tornado
November 9, 1926	Mid-Atlantic U.S.	La Plata, Maryland
November 10, 1957	Tomiye City, Japan
November 10, 2002		2002 Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak
November 15–16, 1989		November 1989 tornado outbreaks
November 15, 2005	Central U.S.	Mid-November 2005 tornado outbreak
November 17, 2013	Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, U.S.	Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013
November 19, 1897	Wimmera, Victoria, Australia
November 19, 1930	Southern Great Plains, U.S.	Oklahoma-Kansas Tornado Outbreak
November 21–23, 1992	Central and southern U.S.	November 1992 tornado outbreak. Longest duration and among largest in areal coverage of any known outbreak.
November 23, 1981	Wales and central, northern and eastern England	1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak. Largest recorded tornado outbreak in European history, with 104 tornadoes.
November 27–28, 2005	Central U.S.	Late-November 2005 tornado outbreak
November 28, 1941	Toyohashi City, Japan
November 29, 1992	Queensland, Australia	1992 Queensland storms at Oakhurst and Bucca
November 30, 1952	Albertynesville, South Africa

December[]

Date	Location	Significance
December 1, 2018	Illinois	Outbreak of December 1 was the largest winter outbreak in Illinois history with 28 confirmed tornadoes, following significant tornadoes in OK/MO the previous day
December 3, 1978	Bossier City, Louisiana, US	1978 Bossier City tornado outbreak F4 tornado struck at 2 a.m. local time, among the first to cause over $100 million (not adjusted for inflation) in damages. Two children were killed when a car was thrown through their bedroom wall.
December 5, 1975	Tulsa, Oklahoma, US	35 injured, no fatalities [31]
December 14, 1810	Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK	Rare but strong winter tornado caused significant damage in the city of Portsmouth[32]
December 15, 1998	Umtata, South Africa	An F2 tornado that severely damaged many buildings and killed 11 people when the wall of a bus station collapsed on them.[33]
December 16, 2000	Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US	December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado
December 18–19, 1957		December 1957 tornado outbreak sequence
December 23, 2015	Holly Springs, Mississippi, US	December 23–25, 2015 tornado outbreak
December 26, 2015	Rowlett, Texas, US	Late December 2015 North American storm complex
December 31, 1947		1947 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak[citation needed]

See also[]

• Portal:Weather/On this day list
• List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
• List of tornado events by year
• Tornado climatology
• List of historical anniversaries
• Tornado
• Derecho
• Hurricane
• Supercell thunderstorm

References[]

• Rosenfeld, Daniel; T. L. Bell (2011). "Why do Tornados and Hailstorms Rest on Weekends?". J. Geophys. Res. 116 (D20211): D20211. Bibcode:2011JGRD..11620211R. doi:10.1029/2011JD016214. hdl:2060/20110015368.
• Yuter, Sandra E.; M. A. Miller; M. D. Parker; P. M. Markowski; Y. Richardson; H. Brooks; J. M. Straka (2013). "Commentary on "Why do tornados and hailstorms rest on weekends?" by D. Rosenfeld and T. Bell". J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres. 118 (13): 7332–7338. Bibcode:2013JGRD..118.7332Y. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50526.
• Rosenfeld, Daniel; T. L. Bell (2013). "Reply to comment by S. E. Yuter et al. on "Why do tornados and hailstorms rest on weekends?"". J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres. 118 (13): 7339–43. Bibcode:2013JGRD..118.7339R. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50539.
• Hatzis, Joshua J.; J. Koch; H. E. Brooks (2020). "A tornado daily impacts simulator for the central and southern United States". Meteorol. Appl. 27 (1): 27:e1882. doi:10.1002/met.1882.

External links[]

• The Tornado Project
• Tornado History Project
• Tornado Map Project
• GenDisasters
• Storm Prediction Center WCM Page
• SPC Severe Weather Event Summaries
• NCDC Storm Events Database
• Storm Data
• Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site (Jonathan Finch)
• The Weather Doctor's Almanac (Keith C. Heidorn)