Kansas tornado [image credit: Wikipedia]
Of course 2019 may be different, but claims of a trend towards more severe weather due to human activity fall flat when the evidence fails to point in the predicted direction.
H/T The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF)
2018 [has] become the first year since formal record keeping began in 1950, in which the United States has not endured even one "violent" tornado.
Violent tornadoes are classified on the Enhanced Fujita Scale as being EF4 (winds of 166-200 mph) or EF5 (winds 200 mph).
The previous low number of violent tornadoes reported was in 2005, with only one.
The strongest tornado reported in all of North America this year was an EF4, which touched down in Manitoba in August. Only 12 EF3 tornadoes (136-165 mph) have touched down in the United States this year, also a record low.
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Fatalities from tornadoes in the United States are at an all-time low this year as well, with only 10 deaths reported. In an average year, tornadoes kill 69 Americans. The deadliest year for tornadoes was reportedly 1925, when the Tri-State Tornado alone killed 695 people in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
The reasons for the lack of tornadoes this year are not completely known; however, "one key factor is high pressure tending to be more dominant than normal throughout peak season this past spring," noted Ian Livingstone, a forecaster for Capital Weather Gang. High pressure systems generally tend to lead to blue skies and fewer clouds and storms.
"This was particularly so during April and May when tornado numbers were below to well below normal," Livingstone added.
But with climate change, aren't we supposed to see more violent and extreme weather?
Continued here.
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