This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2025. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, China, the Pampas, the European Plain, South Africa, and Bengal, but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer and somewhat regularly at other times of the year across Europe, Asia, and Australia. Tornadic events are often accompanied by other forms of severe weather, including strong thunderstorms, winds, and hail. Worldwide, at least 104 tornado-related deaths have been confirmed: 67 in the United States, 12 in Vietnam, seven in Brazil, four each in China, Spain, and Uganda, two in the Philippines, and one each in France, Japan, Portugal, and Turkey.
In the United States, the first two months of the year started off slightly below average, with generally scattered tornado activity.
However, a major increase in activity began in March as the synoptic pattern became much more favorable for tornado outbreaks, including the largest tornado outbreak on record for the month, which occurred mid-month. Significant and damaging outbreaks continued in the months of April and May, while June featured the first EF5 tornado in the United States since the 2013 Moore tornado, which occurred near Enderlin, North Dakota on June 20.
In contrast to 2024, however, 2025 had a significantly inactive late season, with 172 tornadoes occurring from August through December, compared to 1,106 from March to June. This was due to multiple Arctic blasts bringing very cold, unsuitable air, and the fact that no hurricanes made landfall in the United States during the hurricane season. 2025 also had the highest number of violent tornadoes in a year since 2013, with eight tornadoes worldwide receiving a rating of (E)F4 or higher. Six of these tornadoes occurred in the United States, and two in Brazil.
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Europe
Note: Some tornadoes have been rated using different scales. They are counted as their closest IF-Scale equivalent on this table. Note: 8 tornadoes have been confirmed but have not been rated yet
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January January 3–7 (United States)
From January 3 to January 7, a major winter storm passed over the contiguous United States. The storm system reached the West Coast of the United States, where it produced the first tornado of the year, a brief EFU tornado in rural Tehama County, California, which caused no damage. On January 4, a low pressure system organized over the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma. Interacting with the existing cold air, the system’s warm front was predicted to generate severe thunderstorms across Southern United States on January 5, prompting the Storm Prediction Center to issue an enhanced risk for the region. The outlook included a 10% risk area for tornadoes, along with the potential for large hail and damaging winds.
On January 5, a small tornado outbreak occurred as a squall line of severe thunderstorms passed through the region, producing multiple tornadoes in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama, including two strong tornadoes. A high-end EF2 tornado touched down near Marion, Louisiana. It completely destroyed a mobile home and a well-built shop building, damaged the roofs of multiple houses, and snapped numerous large trees. In Mississippi, a low-end EF2 tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees and downed power poles as it passed to the north of Brooksville. High-end EF1 tornadoes caused moderate tree and structure damage in the rural Mississippi communities of Boon and Gwinville. A PDS tornado warning was issued for an EF1 tornado near Pelahatchie, damaged chicken houses, downed trees and power lines, and caused an indirect injury when a train ran into a downed tree that had fallen onto railroad tracks. A total of 14 tornadoes were confirmed, resulting in one indirect injury and no fatalities.
January 6 (Saudi Arabia) As a red alert for severe weather was issued by the National Centre of Meteorology over the region around Mecca on January 6, a tornado was reported to have struck Rabigh, which was reported by Gulf News to be the strongest ever recorded in the coastal region of Saudi Arabia. The National Centre of Meteorology also discussed plans to further research the tornado.
January 17 (Italy)
Storm Gabri struck Italy on January 17, causing torrential rainfall, thunderstorms, strong winds, and multiple tornadoes, all of which occurred on the island of Sicily. An IF2 tornado impacted areas near Catania, causing significant roof and tree damage, bending a metal truss electrical transmission tower in half, and rolling a roulotte trailer . Metal light poles were also bent, a semi-trailer was overturned, and sheet metal from buildings was scattered up a hillside. An IF1.5 tornado struck the northern suburbs of Catania and blew a camper over, downed several trees and damaged the roofs of multiple buildings. A strong, long-tracked multiple-vortex IF2 tornado that struck areas outside of Avola downed numerous trees and power lines, toppled another electrical transmission tower, destroyed a masonry outbuilding, unroofed a house, and damaged the roofs of other homes. In Augusta, an IF0.5 tornado overturned a small ape car, damaged concrete monuments and decorations at a cemetery, downed trees and power lines, and tore sheet metal roofing from buildings. An IF1 tornado struck the outskirts of Licata as well, damaging crops and destroying greenhouses. A total of five tornadoes were confirmed.
January 21 (Portugal) Storm Garoé made landfall in Spain and Portugal on January 21, bringing strong winds, torrential rain, and severe weather in coastal areas. During the late evening, an IF2 tornado tracked through rural areas near the community of Montevil in Setúbal District, Portugal. Many large trees were snapped or uprooted along the path, and some were defoliated and stripped of their branches. Some crop damage also occurred, and power lines were downed.
January 23 (United Kingdom)
On January 23, Storm Éowyn made landfall in United Kingdom, resulting in strong winds and heavy rain. An IF2 tornado moved through Holywell and Quintrell Downs, causing severe damage at the Trevornick Caravan Park, snapping many trees, and causing roof damage to homes. Multiple mobile homes and RVs were tossed and destroyed at the caravan park, resulting in one injury.
January 26 (New Zealand) A low-pressure system organized to the west of New Zealand, causing heavy rain and severe thunderstorms on the North Island. In the early morning of January 26, a damaging tornado hit Mangawhai and surrounding areas in the Northland Region, downing many trees, snapping concrete power poles, and ripping roofs off of homes. A media business sustained extensive structural damage, cars were damaged, debris was left deposited in trees, and two people were seriously injured. There was damage to about 50 properties, and about 4,700 homes lost power. The tornado was not officially rated, but was estimated to have reached high-end EF1 or low-end EF2 intensity.
January 27 (Europe)
On January 27, a damaging IF2 tornado struck Torre de Juan Abad, Spain. The strong tornado tracked through the northern part of town, causing significant damage to cars, homes, restaurants, auto repair shops, and warehouses. Several brick and masonry buildings suffered major structural damage, including total roof loss and collapse of multiple exterior walls. The tornado also severely damaged farms in agricultural areas, and snapped or uprooted more than 1,000 olive trees. In England, an IF1 tornado downed trees and destroyed some sheds near Whitchurch Hill and an IF1.5 tornado damaged multiple homes and trees in and around Henley-on-Thames. An IF1 tornado also occurred in the outskirts of Rennes in France.
February February 5–6 (United States)
On February 5, a winter storm hit the Ohio Valley, creating the potential for severe weather and a few tornadoes on the warm side of the system in Kentucky and Tennessee. A line of severe thunderstorms impacted the region later that night and continued into the early morning hours of February 6. The storms produced several tornadoes, including two strong tornadoes. Three tornadoes occurred in Kentucky, including an EF1 tornado near Island City in Owsley County. The tornado snapped or uprooted trees, destroyed a small shed-like residence, damaged two mobile homes, and was only the third tornado to be confirmed in the county since reliable records began in 1950. Two other EF1 tornadoes passed near Magnolia and Dango, downing trees, inflicting minor to moderate damage to homes, and damaging or destroying multiple barns and outbuildings. In Tennessee, a high-end EF2 tornado snapped or uprooted countless trees in wooded areas and completely destroyed two mobile homes near the community of Deer Lodge, killing two people inside one of the mobile homes and injuring two others. Another EF2 tornado touched down near Center Grove, causing major tree damage and destroying multiple barns. Two EF1 tornadoes touched down near Algood and Crawford, downed many trees, inflicted minor to moderate damage to various structures, and each injured one person. The final tornado of the event caused high-end EF1 damage near Thorn Hill, destroying a barn, overturning a tanker trailer, and inflicting window and siding damage to a church. A total of eight tornadoes were confirmed, resulting in two fatalities and four injuries.
February 12 (United States)
A second, more potent storm system impacted the southeast on February 12, bringing severe thunderstorms and a risk of tornadoes. That evening, a few tornadoes touched down in Mississippi and Alabama, including two strong tornadoes. In Mississippi, a high-end EF0 tornado moved through the east side of Columbia, heavily damaging a hardware store, destroying a few sheds, and damaging the roofs of homes in town. A supercell in Wayne County produced a powerful multiple-vortex EF3 tornado that touched down in a rural area to the east of Laurel before it tracked to the northeast near Whistler and dissipated near Matherville, prompting a PDS tornado warning. The tornado inflicted major structural damage to a few frame homes, and several mobile homes were completely swept away and obliterated, with their metal frames and debris strewn hundreds of yards across fields. Wooded areas suffered total deforestation, including large trees that were snapped, stripped of their branches, and sustained partial debarking. Some ground scouring also occurred, while a pickup truck, pieces of farming equipment, and RVs were thrown and destroyed as well. In Alabama, A low-end EF2 tornado passed near Tattlersville, prompting another PDS tornado warning to be issued. The tornado snapped or uprooted many trees in remote wooded areas and destroyed a poorly constructed house. A total of five tornadoes were confirmed, resulting in no fatalities and three injuries. The severe weather was also associated with a winter storm, which resulted in a fatality in Missouri.
February 13–16 (United States)