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Are tornadoes a common occurrence in December? We don't get them where I'm from and I can't remember hearing about anything like this before. My heart goes ou
by Copernicron 5y ago
Are tornadoes a common occurrence in December? We don't get them where I'm from and I can't remember hearing about anything like this before.
My heart goes out to the families of those involved. This would be devastating at the best of times.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoHistorically, tornado season is from March through June, but, they can happen any day of the year.
- enraged_camel 5y agoNo, tornadoes are definitely very rare in December, when it tends to be too cold for them to form. Continental US has been experiencing a very unusual heat-wave across the board though, and it has been causing havoc in normal weather patterns.
- cthalupa 5y ago>No, tornadoes are definitely very rare in December, when it tends to be too cold for them to form. I would not go so far as to say 'Very rare.' Even before we started seeing more major impact to our climate due to global warming, winter tornado outbreaks were roughly ~10% of all tornado outbreaks. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/galway/winter.pdf https://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/galway/winter.pdf Spring and fall are definitely the most active seasons for tornados but they occur often enough year round that I think that, at least for the US, you can't say tornados are rarer than 'uncommon' for any time of year.