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The Tornado “Drought” of 2012

Posted in U.S. Severe Weather Blog on August 2, 2012 by Harold Brooks.

UPDATE (14-Aug-2012): Graph corrected to indicate 2006 as previous 15 Apr-31 Jul minimum. The 2012 tornado season in the United States got off to a quick start with well-above average numbers in January, February, and…

Tags: climatology, tornadoes

Can tornado activity through April portend May?

Posted in U.S. Severe Weather Blog on April 16, 2010 by Greg Carbin.
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Short answer: apparently not! Longer answer follows. Few tornadoes have occurred to date in 2010, especially when compared to very active recent years such as 2008. The adjusted annual tornado trend shown below indicates that…

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One tornado in February 2010 (UPDATED)

Posted in U.S. Severe Weather Blog on March 1, 2010 by Harold Brooks.

A late tornado report has been received, so there’s now 1 tornado in the database for February 2010.

Tags: climatology, records, tornadoes

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