Tornadoes!
By Kareng
@kareng (72173)
United States
April 7, 2025 11:38pm CST
As you all know we have had a lot of severe weather, tornado watches, and tornado warnings and tornadoes touching down all around where I live for the last 5 weeks.
There have also been a lot of tornadoes in our sister states, so I was curious to see just how many more were hitting this year. The results I found were astonishing!
So far in 2025:
430 tornadoes have been reported across the United States so far this year. That's well above the year-to-date average of 250. The Plains have had far fewer tornadoes than average this year.
Here's the tornado count per state:
Mississippi 81 (My home state)
Missouri 55
Illinois 45
Alabama 40
Arkansas 29
Indiana 27
Louisiana 21
Texas 20
Kentucky 19
Tennessee 19
Georgia 14
Oklahoma 12
Michigan 10
Ohio 10
Pennsylvania 8
California 4
Florida 4
North Carolina 3
South Carolina 2
Kansas 2
Iowa 1
Virginia 1
South Dakota 1
New Mexico 1
Idaho 1
Are you surprised by these statistics? I sure was! We are only 3.25 months into this year!
Source: Iweathernet.Com
Photo Credit: Pixabay, Public Domain
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21 responses
@kaylachan (76763)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Apr
Is it sad that I take comfort in the fact Florida seems to have been spared? But, given this crazy weather I wish I were surprised.
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@kareng (72173)
• United States
8 Apr
@kaylachan You will probably get more hurricane action there.
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@Deepizzaguy (108487)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr
I am surprised about the huge number of tornadoes in our nation this year.
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@RebeccasFarm (93552)
• United States
10 Apr
That is nuts the many tornadoes. May you stay safe.
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@dgobucks226 (36405)
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12 Apr
That's quite an extensive list. At least for this year, tornado alley does not have the storms all to themselves. 
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84805)
• Rupert, Idaho
8 Apr
Wow that is a lot of them....surprised my state is on the list at all.
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I'm honestly just grateful to be living in a place where tornadoes are rare. My heart goes out to everyone in the high-risk areas—stay safe and prepared!
@terri0824 (5127)
• United States
8 Apr
I saw this posted on Facebook last night...we have been spared by the tornados that have hit in Indiana, though one hit only about two miles from where I live.
@DaddyEvil (145584)
• United States
8 Apr
I'm glad none have hit close to my city... But that is a lot of them for this early in the year. That's also a lot for just my home state of Missouri.
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@wolfgirl569 (114329)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Apr
Ohio had a very high number of them last spring and then things calmed down. Hopefully it calms down this year
@Marilynda1225 (84201)
• United States
8 Apr
That does seem like a lot more tornadoes than I expected for this time of year. Hope things are okay where you are
@JudyEv (350524)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Apr
That's really surprising to me. I had no idea there were so many tornadoes and in so many areas.
@LindaOHio (186307)
• United States
8 Apr
I'm glad our section of Ohio very rarely gets a twister. Knock on wood.
@arunima25 (89635)
• Bangalore, India
8 Apr
That's a big number and it's only the fourth month. It seems like natural calamities are becoming more frequent in recent times across the globe. Stay safe.
