Tornado Drought in Illinois
One of the side effects of drought is that usually reduces the amount of severe weather we experience in Illinois. This year was a good example of this. After the deadly Harrisburg tornado on February 29, things have been relatively quiet. Here is the monthly breakdown of tornado reports in Illinois, as reported by the NOAA Storm Prediction Center:
- 2 in January
- 4 in February
- 8 in March
- 0 in April
- 8 in May
- 0 in June
- 1 in July
- 23 total by the end of July
Tornado Drought in the US
Harold Brooks of NOAA wrote about the US tornado drought on his blog. Here is the figure he used in his post for the US.
