Here's why this January has been so active for tornadoes:
Over 100 tornadoes have been confirmed so far in January in the U.S.January typically has the fewest tornadoes of any month.Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterOver 100 January tornadoes have been confirmed so far in the United States this month, a tally that has been exceeded only twice in 74 years of records.
Average tornado counts over 20 years, 2002-2021, with the estimated January 2023 confirmed tornado count highlighted at left, as of Jan. 25.The majority of this January's tornadoes have been in the South, as the preliminary map below shows. This map shows both confirmed tornadoes and some preliminary reports of tornadoes in January 2023 through the morning of Jan. 25. Some of the Jan. 24-25 tornado reports are plotted, and some that haven't yet been confirmed may not yet be on this map.As we alluded to earlier, it's typical to have at least a few tornadoes in the U.S. each January.
Typical for winter, the jet stream has also been active and strong, pivoting out of the Desert Southwest into the central and southern U.S.
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