Since 1950, when the National Weather Service began keeping official records, there have been about 2,400 recorded tornadoes in the United States in October. The actual number of tornadoes is probably much higher as many of the smaller, weaker tornadoes were missed in the early days of record keeping. Worldwide statistics are not available.
Based on preliminary data, tornadoes occurred on October 1, October 12-14, October 17-19, and October 22.
There were 94 tornadoes in Alabama in 2008.
There were 105 tornadoes in Iowa in 2008.
There were 20 tornadoes in Ohio in 2014.
15 tornadoes occurred in Michigan in 2011.
There were 1,103 tornadoes in the U.S. in 2006.
There were 16 confirmed tornadoes in Arkansas in 2007.
There were 1,817 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. in 2004.
The U.S. had 1075 confirmed tornadoes in 2000.
65 tornadoes occurred in North Carolina in 2011.
There were 1374 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in 2003.
1,282 tornadoes occurred in the US. in 2010, with an unknown number worldwide.