List of United States tornadoes from January to March 2024

This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by various weather forecast offices of the National Weather Service in the United States from January to March 2024. Tornado counts are considered preliminary until final publication in the database of the National Centers for Environmental Information. Based on the 1991–2020 average, about 39 tornadoes are typically recorded across the United States during January, about 36 tornadoes are recorded in February, and about 80 tornadoes are recorded in March. These tornadoes are commonly focused across the Southern United States due to their proximity to the unstable air mass and warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as California in association with winter storms in those three months. With the arrival of spring, activity begins to shift northward especially later in March.

January saw average levels of tornado activity with 43 tornadoes, focused heavily on a single outbreak early in the month in the climatologically-favored Deep South. In contrast, February had slightly above-average levels of tornado activity with 47 tornadoes. Many of those tornadoes occurred much further north than is typical for the month, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions, including Wisconsin, which experienced tornadoes in February for the first time since modern record began in 1950. About half of the tornadoes during the month touched down during an outbreak at the end of the month. March had well below-average activity with just 50 tornadoes with the bulk of them occurring during a destructive outbreak in the middle of the month. Additionally, for the first time since 2018, no violent tornadoes occurred in the United States in March.

January

January 5 event

January 6 event

January 8 event

January 9 event

January 10 event

January 15 event

January 27 event

February

Note: One tornado has been officially confirmed but is not yet rated.

February 1 event

February 2 event

February 4 event

February 7 event

February 8 event

February 9 event

February 10 event

February 18 event

February 27 event

February 28 event

March

Note: One tornado has been officially confirmed but is not yet rated.

March 1 event

March 4 event

March 5 event

March 9 event

March 13 event

March 14 event

March 15 event

March 24 event

March 25 event

March 26 event

See also

• Tornadoes of 2024
• List of European tornadoes in 2024
• List of United States tornadoes from September to December 2023
• List of United States tornadoes in April 2024

Notes

References

1. List of United States tornadoes in April 2024
2. List of United States tornadoes from January to March 2022
3. List of United States tornadoes from January to March 2010
4. Tornado outbreak of March 13–15, 2024
5. Tornadoes of 2024
6. List of United States tornadoes from January to February 2023
7. List of United States tornadoes from January to March 2021
8. List of United States tornadoes from January to March 2019
9. January 8–10, 2024 North American storm complex
10. List of European tornadoes in 2024
11. List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes
12. Tornadoes of 2023
13. List of United States tornadoes in March 2023
14. List of United States tornadoes from September to December 2023
15. 2024 in the United States
16. List of United States tornadoes from March to April 2008
17. List of United States tornadoes from January to February 2008
18. January–March 2023 in science
19. List of California tornadoes
20. Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023