2018 sets new US record for EF4 and EF5 tornadoes -- none of them hit anywhere, for the first time since records were kept, starting in 1950

EF4 and EF5:
2018 was the first year 
since record-keeping 
began in 1950 without 
the US being hit by
an EF4 or EF5 tornado, 
the most devastating twisters, 
as rated on the 
Enhanced Fujita Scale 
from EF0 to EF5, 
according to the 
NOAA / NWS Storm 
Prediction Center.




EF3, EF4 and EF5:
F3 through F5 tornadoes
averaged 56 per year,
from 1950 to 1985. 

But from 1986 to 2018 
only 34 per year 
touched down 
in the USA 
on average – 
and for 
the first time ever 
not one did in 2018.