{"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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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. Given there have been forty-one in all since 1970, to go twelve years without is extraordinary and unprecedented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":387007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691836322,691836324,691836325,691836323],"class_list":{"0":"post-386998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-ef-0s","9":"tag-ef-3s","10":"tag-ef-4","11":"tag-strong-tornadoes","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0AQM_gzDidGgXCbQCo_8tDdJHyE1HQhiIr1ytBFUhspq-Z2jmvLhvYECdxo60tf7IwAYvX604HbjEjj-twRN2wPjwBKGqsgy8S8iY68TUucfbQyEhUO3jm08QWxvF_eSWRF-wXPYIS33vnd_K867MXsRj8Swh1w-1.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1CFU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":261081,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=261081","url_meta":{"origin":386998,"position":0},"title":"Tornado Report For\u00a02022","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"07\/06\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"NOAA\u2019s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has now published the full data for US tornadoes last year.","rel":"","context":"In \"NOAA\"","block_context":{"text":"NOAA","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=noaa"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0dayton-tornado.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0dayton-tornado.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0dayton-tornado.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0dayton-tornado.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0dayton-tornado.jpg?fit=1200%2C869&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":338628,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=338628","url_meta":{"origin":386998,"position":1},"title":"US Tornado Review\u00a02023","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/08\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The evidence clearly shows that tornadoes have become less intense since reliable records began in 1970, but NOAA would like you to believe otherwise.","rel":"","context":"In \"2023\"","block_context":{"text":"2023","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=2023"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00tornado-may24-2016.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00tornado-may24-2016.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00tornado-may24-2016.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00tornado-may24-2016.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00tornado-may24-2016.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":200576,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=200576","url_meta":{"origin":386998,"position":2},"title":"Anniversary of the Moore Tornado","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"20\/05\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Paul Homewood Today is the ninth anniversary of the tragic Moore tornado, which left 24 dead in Oklahoma: https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-22604251 The Moore tornado was an EF-5 storm, the most powerful category, with estimated wind speeds of 210 mph. 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