When is tornado season? Every state's month-by-month record
Nationally, May has the most tornadoes, but the peak moves: April in Mississippi, May in Texas, June in Minnesota. June is the peak month in 16 states with 100 or more tornadoes.
The national year
US tornadoes by month since 1950
Every state
Peak month is the month with the most tornadoes since 1950. Sort any column.
| Texas | May | 30.6 | 9,616 |
| Kansas | May | 38.4 | 4,609 |
| Oklahoma | May | 41.1 | 4,516 |
| Florida | June | 14.5 | 3,762 |
| Nebraska | June | 33.2 | 3,223 |
| Illinois | May | 21.1 | 3,149 |
| Iowa | June | 25.3 | 3,103 |
| Mississippi | April | 21.6 | 2,883 |
| Alabama | April | 22.2 | 2,721 |
| Missouri | May | 26.6 | 2,707 |
| Louisiana | April | 18.7 | 2,503 |
| Colorado | June | 35.9 | 2,479 |
| Minnesota | June | 32.4 | 2,216 |
| Arkansas | April | 23.1 | 2,146 |
| Georgia | April | 22.3 | 2,014 |
| South Dakota | June | 39.7 | 1,957 |
| Indiana | June | 20.9 | 1,762 |
| North Dakota | June | 38.4 | 1,739 |
| Wisconsin | June | 28.2 | 1,618 |
| North Carolina | May | 17.5 | 1,551 |
| Tennessee | April | 24.7 | 1,479 |
| Ohio | June | 20.9 | 1,402 |
| Kentucky | April | 23.8 | 1,259 |
| South Carolina | April | 17.6 | 1,225 |
| Michigan | June | 21.9 | 1,152 |
| Pennsylvania | July | 21.3 | 993 |
| Virginia | April | 16.8 | 835 |
| Wyoming | June | 43.1 | 750 |
| New Mexico | May | 30.5 | 679 |
| New York | July | 28.4 | 536 |
| California | March | 17.7 | 486 |
| Montana | June | 37.2 | 444 |
| Maryland | July | 20.2 | 425 |
| Arizona | July | 19.1 | 303 |
| Idaho | June | 23.8 | 223 |
| Massachusetts | July | 33.0 | 200 |
| New Jersey | July | 28.5 | 193 |
| West Virginia | June | 27.7 | 177 |
| Utah | August | 20.4 | 142 |
| Maine | July | 37.5 | 136 |
| Oregon | June | 18.4 | 136 |
| Washington | May | 23.5 | 136 |
| Connecticut | July | 28.3 | 127 |
| New Hampshire | July | 42.6 | 101 |
| Nevada | June | 22.7 | 97 |
| Delaware | July | 28.6 | 77 |
| Vermont | July | 34.0 | 50 |
| Hawaii | March | 26.8 | 41 |
| Rhode Island | August | 40.0 | 20 |
| Alaska | June | 40.0 | 5 |