This table shows the number of tornadoes that occurred each year in each path length category.
| Year | PL0 | PL1 | PL2 | PL3 | PL4 | PL5 | MSG | Total |
| 1950 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1951 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1952 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1954 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1955 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1957 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 1958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 1960 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1961 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1964 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1966 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1967 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1968 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1969 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 1970 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 1971 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 1972 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1973 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 1974 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 34 |
| 1975 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 35 |
| 1976 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 1977 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 1978 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 1979 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 1980 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 1981 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1982 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1983 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 1984 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1985 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1987 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1988 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 1989 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1990 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 1991 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1992 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1994 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1995 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Total | 296 | 116 | 53 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 67 | 579 |
Notes:
| Scale | Length (miles) |
| PL0 | <1 |
| PL1 | 1.0-3.1 |
| PL2 | 3.2-9.9 |
| PL3 | 10-31 |
| PL4 | 32-99 |
| PL5 | 100-315 |
| PL6 | 316-999 |