Date of tornado outbreak: | 2022 |
Duration1: | January 8 - December 30 |
Maximum rated tornado2: | EF5 tornado |
Tornadoes caused: | 1063 |
Damages: | $4.5 billion |
Fatalities: | 98 |
Areas affected: | United States |
1Time from first tornado to last tornado |
This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 2022. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Bangladesh, and Eastern India, but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also appear regularly in neighboring southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer season, and somewhat regularly in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
There were 1,063 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in 2022. 20 fatalities have been confirmed worldwide in 2022: 98 in the United States, 11 in Canada, 9 in Russia, and two in China.
One EF5 tornado occurred in 2022 on April 12 and was responsible for 79 fatalities, making it the deadliest tornado since the 2011 Joplin tornado and the deadliest in Nebraska history.
{| class="wikitable"
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| bgcolor=#c0c0c0 align="center" | Confirmed
Total
| bgcolor=#00faf4 align="center" | Confirmed
EEF0
| bgcolor=#ffffcc align="center" | Confirmed
EEF1
| bgcolor=#ffe775 align="center" | Confirmed
EEF2
| bgcolor=#ffc140 align=center | Confirmed
EEF3
| bgcolor=#ff8f20 align=center | Confirmed
EEF4
| bgcolor=#ff6060 align=center | Confirmed
EEF5
|-
| bgcolor=#c0c0c0 align="center" |1,063
| bgcolor=#00faf4 align="center" |422
| bgcolor=#ffffcc align="center" |508
| bgcolor=#ffe775 align="center" |91
| bgcolor=#ffc140 align="center" |29
| bgcolor=#ff8f20 align="center" |12
| bgcolor=#ff6060 align="center" |1
|}
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