

See also: List of United States tornadoes from January to February 2023 § January Although below average tornadic activity occurred in May and June, multiple killer tornadoes touched down with nine more fatalities in the latter month.Įvents Fatal United States tornadoes in 2023

By April 5, 63 tornadic fatalities had been recorded in the United States, which was almost three times higher than all of 2022, which had 23. In addition, the year has been especially deadly with many killer tornadoes. Additionally, the first two months of the year saw the fourth-highest number of confirmed tornadoes for the first 59 days of any year on record. January saw the third-highest number of tornado watches and confirmed tornadoes of any January on record in the United States. Worldwide, 95 tornado-related deaths have been confirmed, 74 of them in the United States, nine in Indonesia, eight in Myanmar, three in Turkey, and one in Saudi Arabia. There have been 1,031 preliminary filtered reported tornadoes, and 844 confirmed tornadoes in the United States in 2023. Tornadic events are often accompanied by other forms of severe weather, including strong thunderstorms, strong winds, and hail. 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. 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. This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2023.
