U.S. Tornadoes, 1950–Present — Open Data Archive

NOAA Storm Prediction Center1950–2024Events per year; injuries and fatalities

Every recorded U.S. tornado since 1950 — over 71,000 events with date, location, magnitude, path, injuries, and fatalities. The full event-level database is preserved as the raw archive copy; annual totals are shown here.

71,813

Total tornadoes recorded

6,273

Total fatalities

2004 (1,817)

Most active year

tornadoes over time

Data

Year	Tornadoes	Injuries	Fatalities
1,950	201	659	70
1,951	260	524	34
1,952	240	1,915	230
1,953	421	5,131	523
1,954	550	715	36
1,955	591	926	129
1,956	504	1,308	81
1,957	858	1,976	192
1,958	564	535	67
1,959	604	734	58
1,960	616	737	46
1,961	697	1,087	52
1,962	657	551	30
1,963	463	538	31
1,964	704	1,143	73
1,965	897	5,197	301
1,966	585	2,030	98
1,967	927	2,149	114
1,968	657	2,522	131
1,969	608	1,311	66
1,970	653	1,355	73
1,971	889	2,718	159
1,972	741	976	27
1,973	1,102	2,396	89
1,974	945	6,824	366
1,975	919	1,457	60
1,976	834	1,195	44
1,977	852	771	43
1,978	789	919	53
1,979	855	3,014	84
1,980	866	1,157	28
1,981	782	798	24
1,982	1,047	1,276	64
1,983	930	750	34
1,984	907	2,499	122
1,985	684	1,299	94
1,986	765	536	15
1,987	656	1,018	59
1,988	702	688	32
1,989	856	1,270	50
1,990	1,133	1,177	53
1,991	1,132	864	39
1,992	1,297	1,323	39
1,993	1,172	948	33
1,994	1,082	1,074	69
1,995	1,237	935	30
1,996	1,173	703	26
1,997	1,148	1,033	68
1,998	1,424	1,868	130
1,999	1,339	1,838	94
2,000	1,075	829	41
2,001	1,215	743	40
2,002	934	966	55
2,003	1,374	1,088	54
2,004	1,817	395	35
2,005	1,263	537	38
2,006	1,103	988	67
2,007	1,095	617	81
2,008	1,689	1,702	126
2,009	1,156	396	22
2,010	1,281	701	45
2,011	1,691	5,483	553
2,012	938	822	69
2,013	906	754	55
2,014	886	641	47
2,015	1,177	921	36
2,016	976	325	18
2,017	1,428	518	35
2,018	1,126	199	10
2,019	1,517	537	42
2,020	1,082	733	76
2,021	1,314	878	104
2,022	1,143	314	23
2,023	1,321	918	86
2,024	1,791	633	52

Provenance

Original Source

Severe Weather Database (actual tornadoes) — NOAA Storm Prediction Center

Direct Data URL

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/data/1950-2024_actual_tornadoes.csv

License

Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Retrieved

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:01:07 GMT