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Very rarely. Most tornadoes in the northern hemisphere, over 99%, spin counterclockwise. A very small percentage of tornadoes in the northern hemisphere, called anticyclonic tornadoes, spin clockwise.

Most tornadoes in the Southern Hemisphere spin clockwise.

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