How do Oklahoma's May tornado numbers compare to other years?

Ajouté : 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]TO A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN THIS MORNING.

[00:00:03]LET’S GET TO THIS WEATHER HEADLINE HERE.

[00:00:05]WE HAVE SEEN A QUIET START TO MAY FOR TORNADOES, BUT NOW WE HAVE MANY ALERT DAYS IN A ROW.

[00:00:11]METEOROLOGIST MICHAELA SMITH LOOKS BACK AT YEARS WITH LATE MAY TORNADO OUTBREAKS IN THE STATE.

[00:00:16]MICHAELA, WE’RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

[00:00:18]YEAH, WE’RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH.

[00:00:19]WE’VE SEEN A PRETTY QUIET START TO THE HISTORICALLY BUSIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR.

[00:00:24]DESPITE A VERY ACTIVE SEASON AS A WHOLE.

[00:00:26]NOW, AS WE’RE LOOKING BACK AT OTHER YEARS WHERE THE MONTH OF MAY STARTED QUIET, BUT THEN IT REALLY RAMPED UP IN THE SECOND HALF.

[00:00:34]2019 WAS OUR RECORD SETTING MAY, WITH 105 CONFIRMED TORNADOES, BUT ONLY 14 OF THOSE HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.

[00:00:41]91 OF THOSE TORNADOES OCCURRED AFTER MAY 17TH, 2013 IS ANOTHER STANDOUT YEAR WHERE WE ONLY HAD THREE TORNADOES THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH, BUT 60 TORNADOES IN THE LATER HALF AND IN THAT LATER HALF.

[00:00:52]THAT’S ALSO WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST EF FIVE TORNADO IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

[00:00:57]THAT WAS ON MAY 20TH IN MOORE LAST YEAR, OF THE 21 TORNADOES THAT HAPPENED IN MAY, 20 OF THEM HAPPENED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH.

[00:01:05]SO OVERALL, WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY, WE HAVE SEEN 56 TORNADOES SO FAR IN THE STATE THIS YEAR.

[00:01:10]THE YEARLY AVERAGE JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST WOULD BE 59.

[00:01:12]SO WE’VE BEEN TRENDING AT A RECORD O