Severe Weather Climatology

An Example


Lake Charles, Louisiana


Tornado: Monthly Distribution

For each month of the year this table shows the number of tornadoes that occurred, the number of F2 or greater tornadoes that occurred, and the number of killer tornadoes. Statistics are for the period from 1950 through 1995.

 Month   Number of Tornadoes   F2 or Greater Tornadoes   Killer Tornadoes 
 January  37 9 4
 February  30 12 0
 March  49 17 0
 April  60 18 3
 May  90 24 2
 June  60 8 0
 July  43 2 0
 August  30 1 1
 September  45 8 1
 October  42 23 4
 November  61 24 6
 December  32 8 2
 Yearly Total  579 154 23

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