Tornadoes of 2020

Tornadoes of 2020

Map of the 2020 United States tornado paths from the results of storm surveys Interactive map (map data)
A chart of the 2020 United States tornado count estimated from the number of preliminary reports
Timespan	January 3 – December 30
Maximum rated tornado	EF4 tornado Cookeville, Tennessee on March 3 Sartinville, Mississippi on April 12 Bassfield-Soso, Mississippi on April 12 Hampton, South Carolina on April 13 Sandy Hook, Mississippi on April 19 Ashby-Dalton, Minnesota on July 8
Tornadoes in U.S.	1,086
Damage (U.S.)	>$4.4 billion
Fatalities (U.S.)	78
Fatalities (worldwide)	90
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2020. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Bangladesh, and eastern India, but can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer and somewhat regularly at other times of the year across Europe, Asia, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. Tornadic events are often accompanied by other forms of severe weather, including strong thunderstorms, strong winds, and hail. There were 1,243 preliminary filtered reported tornadoes in 2020 in the United States in 2020,^[1] and 1,086 confirmed tornadoes in the United States in 2020. Worldwide, at least 93 tornado-related deaths were confirmed with 78 in the United States, eight in Vietnam, two each in Canada, Indonesia, and Mexico, and one in South Africa.

It was the deadliest year of tornadoes in the United States since 2011.^[2] Despite this, it ended up being the least active year in terms of the number of confirmed tornadoes since 2016, mostly due to six of the final eight months being significantly below average.^[3]