According to National Weather Service data, 152 tornadoes were confirmed in Oklahoma in 2024. The number was updated just as the year was coming to an end, putting the number above the previous ...
A very active November put this year one tornado away from tying the record of most tornadoes in one year for Oklahoma. Since 1950, the record for tornadoes for one year in Oklahoma is 149.
Preliminary results indicate 2024 was a more active year for severe weather in Kansas.Scientists at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, are tallying last year’s severe weather reports.
As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.