{"id":386998,"date":"2025-07-04T19:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=386998"},"modified":"2025-07-04T19:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:30:13","slug":"tornado-review-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=386998","title":{"rendered":"Tornado Review 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last year was a busy year for tornadoes by any standard. Excluding the small EF-0s, the number was the highest on record, slightly above even 1973 and 2011:<\/p>\n\n\n

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But what is equably notable is the relatively low number of strong tornadoes \u2013 EF-3s and above:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Only forty-three developed into EF-3s, and a remarkably low number of four reached EF-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were no EF-5s at all. There have been none this year so far either. The most recent was the Moore tornado in May 2013. Given there have been forty-one in all since 1970, to go twelve years without is extraordinary and unprecedented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evidence could not be clearer. While there is no obvious long-term trend in the number of tornadoes overall, the proportion reaching EF-3 and greater has fallen significantly since the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were no EF-5s at all. There have been none this year so far either. The most recent was the Moore tornado in May 2013. 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