Canada had its longest twister season on report in 2024.
That is based on Western College’s Northern Tornadoes Undertaking (NTP).
A mean twister season in Canada happens over six months, from about mid-April by the center of September.
An EF-1 twister in Malden Centre was the nation’s first in 2024.
The NTP mentioned the March 16 twister tied the report for the earliest ever in Ontario, matching one which hit Clifford, Ontario on the identical day in 2016. The final logged twister was close to Fergus on November 10.
“It’s the longest tornado season on record since at least 1980, according to our records,” mentioned NTP Govt Director David Sills. “The length of the 2024 season is yet another invaluable data point that will impact how we investigate – and ultimately understand – severe convective storms in Canada.”
In its annual report, the NTP mentioned it verified a complete of 129 tornadoes throughout the nation final year-the second highest documented by a workforce in a single season.
The present report in Canada is 131 tornadoes in a 12 months, set in 2022.
The province of Ontario was hit significantly laborious in 2024.
The NTP mentioned there have been 50 occasions final 12 months in Ontario, and 10 extra recorded solely over water.
The workforce carried out over 500 extreme storm occasion investigations final 12 months and located there have been 12 EF-2 rated tornadoes in Canada final 12 months, double the quantity the 12 months earlier than.
“There have been twice as many tornadoes rated EF-2 or larger throughout Canada this 12 months versus final 12 months, however that’s nonetheless far lower than the 30-plus that had been recorded in 2021 and 2022,” mentioned Sills.
In Might, the NTP confirmed an EF-1 twister within the Leamington space and Ache Court docket recorded an EF-0 in June.
The Northern Tornadoes Undertaking was based in 2017 and is a workforce of engineers, college, employees and college students at Western College, aiming to higher detect twister occurrences throughout the nation and enhance extreme and excessive climate prediction.
In August the workforce issued a name for higher twister warning and reporting in Canada.
