These 5 states had the most tornadoes in 2025

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1:01code AccuWeather50 off to get 50% off and free breakfast for a year. Eat like a pro this month with Factor, new subscribers only varies by plan. One free breakfast item per box for one year while subscription is active. Well, last year was another busy one for tornadoes, which included the strongest to strike the U.S. since 2013. But where the tornadoes hit, and which states saw the most, shifted noticeably from the year before. Preliminary data from NOAA's Storm Prediction Center showed that last year was the second consecutive year with above historical average tornado reports. A total of 1,558 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. in 2025, compared to 2024's preliminary number of 1,910 and the 15-year historical average of 1,392. Texas led the way with 162 tornado reports, followed by Illinois, Missouri, and Mississippi.

2:07Alabama and North Dakota each had 72 twisters last year, finishing a tie for fifth. Seven of the 48 states in the contiguous U.S. did not have a tornado report, including Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Washington, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. Now because of its size and its location in classic tornado alley, Texas typically tops the annual Twister list, other states in the plains, the Midwest, and the Southeast tend to jockey for the top five, compared to 2024, Florida, Iowa, and Nebraska dropped off the list while Mississippi, Alabama, and North Dakota moved up. This reflected an overall decrease in tornadoes on the East Coast last year, versus 2024, and an increase in the South. After a surge in tornado activity across most of the eastern half of the country in 2024, the majority of tornadoes last year unfolded in a narrow strip of land east of the Mississippi

3:09River. However, there were a significant number of tornadoes recorded in North Dakota and Western Texas. Major tornado outbreaks in June and September helped raise North Dakota's numbers. A total of 68 people were killed by tornadoes last year, compared to 54 in 2024. After damaging tornado outbreaks in March, April, and May, 2025 was on track to be the worst tornado season in 14 years. But tornado activity started to decline in June, and that paired with a lack of landfalling U.S. hurricanes in a lackluster, second severe weather season, kept the tornado count from spiking, with the year ending with the 4th highest tornado count for the last 15 years. Still, the year had several notable twisters, a 117-mile EF-4 tornado, tracked through Arkansas and Missouri on March 14.

4:10The Arkansas portion of that tornado was the 3rd longest in the state. The next day, a tornado that tracked from Kentwood, Louisiana to Darbin, Mississippi killed 5 people, and it was the deadliest tornado of the year. And on June 20, the first EF-5 tornado since 2013 plowed through southeastern North Dakota, breaking a 12-year drought of the strongest category on the enhanced Fujita scale. The tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service showed similar trends. With 2025's total of 2018, falling short of 2024's 3636 warnings, April had the most warnings with 838 statements going out that month. The Oklahoma City National Weather Service Office issued more warnings, 184 in total, than any of the other 122 offices during the year. That's all for now. You can find regional forecasts and more science-based articles at AccuWeather.com and for your local

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