Climate Central warns against sleeping on a quiet tornado season

Author: || Published: 3/21/2014 at 8:08am

In a great read from Climate Central, Brian Kahn talks about how the moderately inactive 2013 tornado season and the – what seems to be – quiet start to the 2014 season are no reason to let your guard down.

So far this season there have only been 49 tornadoes reported. By this time last year the United States was already topping the 130 mark for total tornadoes.in 2012, the US was around 160 total tornadoes at this time.

But, as Brian points out, the drought might be playing a big role in the lower numbers.

Read More: Where are the Tornadoes? Slow Start, but No Guarantees


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Nick Lilja

Nick is former television meteorologist with stints in Amarillo and Hattiesburg. During his time in Hattiesburg, he was also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a graduate of both Oregon State and Syracuse University that now calls Houston home. Now that he is retired from TV, he maintains this blog in his spare time.