2024 Tornadoes Break Record, Nearly Triple the Average Number

(KOCO) – We now have a final tally on Oklahoma’s 2024 severe weather season and an update on the final tornado count for last year.

They show that 2024 was a record-breaking year for Oklahoma as the National Weather Service says 152 tornadoes were confirmed in the Sooner State. That breaks the previous record of 149 set in 2019.

Oklahoma sees 58 tornadoes per year on average, so we were nearly three times our average in 2024.

In all, 196 tornado warnings were issued and 988 severe thunderstorm warnings in Oklahoma. Every square inch of the state was under some type of severe alert.

The season started out with two tornadoes in March but quickly picked up behind a busy April. Tornado count records were broken in April and November when 56 and 36 twisters were confirmed, respectively. There also were 53 confirmed tornadoes in May.

Besides the tornado count, many of Oklahoma’s tornadoes in 2024 were strong, destructive, and deadly – like the ones in Sulphur, Holdenville, and Marietta. The Sooner State also had three non-deadly nighttime EF-3 tornadoes in November.