# Tornadoes in Texas since 1950: 9,610, #1 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> Texas has 9,610 tornadoes (13.1% of the US), #1 by count and #17 per person. From NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Tornadoes in Texas since 1950

Texas has recorded **9,610 tornadoes since 1950**: 13.1% of the US total of 73,424\. That ranks **#1 by count** and **#17 per person** (30.71 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Texas has recorded 9,610 tornadoes since 1950, 13.1% of the US total of 73,424.
* That ranks #1 of 51 by count and #17 per person (30.71 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas’s busiest year was 2015, with 242 tornadoes; it averages 126.4 a year.
* 57 were rated F4/EF4 or stronger.
* Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database, 1950–2025.

#17

national rank (per capita)

9,610

tornadoes

30.71

per 100k residents

The map shows 4,000 of the 9,610, spread evenly; the counts and the CSV have them all.

## The data

Source: [NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/), 1950–2025\. Each tornado at its touchdown point, in the state NOAA records for it. The rating is F-scale before February 2007 and EF-scale after. The 2025 figures can still be revised.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Texas: 9,610 rows (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/texas.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/us.csv)

## Put this map on your website — free

Local blogs, news sites, parks pages: embed the live interactive map with one snippet. Attribution stays on, that's the whole deal.

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## Texas tornado history, 1950–2025

### By decade

1950s622

1960s1,183

1970s1,431

1980s1,407

1990s1,688

2000s1,465

2010s1,184

2020s630

### By strength

| F0/EF0  | 4,947 |
| ------- | ----- |
| F1/EF1  | 2,727 |
| F2/EF2  | 1,291 |
| F3/EF3  | 344   |
| F4/EF4  | 51    |
| F5/EF5  | 6     |
| Unrated | 244   |

F-scale before February 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Busiest year: 2015 (242).

### The strongest: every F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 in Texas, newest first

2022-11-04 · EF42022-11-04 · EF42017-04-29 · EF42015-12-26 · EF42013-05-15 · EF42011-11-07 · EF42009-02-10 · EF41999-05-11 · F41997-05-27 · F51997-05-27 · F41995-06-08 · F41995-06-08 · F41995-06-08 · F41994-04-25 · F41992-11-21 · F41992-06-27 · F41990-06-01 · F41990-04-25 · F41989-05-16 · F41987-05-22 · F41982-04-02 · F41982-03-18 · F41981-05-13 · F41980-04-02 · F41979-04-10 · F41979-04-10 · F41976-05-26 · F41976-04-19 · F51973-05-06 · F51973-04-15 · F41973-03-10 · F41971-06-09 · F41971-06-09 · F41971-03-12 · F41970-05-11 · F51970-04-18 · F41970-04-17 · F41970-04-17 · F41970-04-17 · F41965-06-02 · F4

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