Tornado History Map

Hawaii tornado history

41 tornadoes recorded in Hawaii from 1955 to 2015, drawn on the map and coloured by rating.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Hawaii

The Storm Prediction Center records 41 tornadoes that touched Hawaii between 1955 and 2015, and 41 of them began there. A tornado that crossed a state line counts in every state it touched. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 11 tornadoes.

  • 41tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 6injuries
  • 64per 10,000 sq mi of land
  • 4counties touched

Tornadoes per 10,000 square miles lets you compare states of different sizes. It counts every tornado that touched the state.

How strong were Hawaii's tornadoes?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02868%
F1 / EF1922%
F2 / EF2410%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Hawaii tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 1980s.1950s21960s51970s91980s112000s112010s3

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1955.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s5
1970s9
1980s11
2000s11
2010s3

The record has changed over the decades as detection and reporting improved, so more weak tornadoes show up in recent years than in the 1950s. The year with the most in Hawaii was 1971, with 5.

Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Mar.Jan6Feb7Mar11Apr3May2Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep4Oct0Nov2Dec5
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan6
Feb7
Mar11
Apr3
May2
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep4
Oct0
Nov2
Dec5

Strongest tornadoes that touched Hawaii

  • Hawaii tornado28 January 1971, F2, 4 injuries, 1 mile long
  • Hawaii tornado18 March 1982, F2, 0.1 miles long
  • Hawaii tornado11 February 1982, F2, 0.1 miles long
  • Hawaii tornado11 February 1982, F2, 0.1 miles long
  • Hawaii tornado17 December 1967, F1, 2.5 miles long
  • Hawaii tornado21 January 1957, F1, 2.5 miles long

Most recent tornadoes in Hawaii

  • Hawaii tornado23 April 2015, EF0, 1 mile long
  • Hawaii tornado9 March 2012, EF0, 1.3 miles long
  • Hawaii tornado11 February 2011, EF0, 0 miles long
  • Hawaii tornado11 February 2009, EF0, 1 injury, 0.4 miles long
  • Hawaii tornado13 December 2008, EF0, 0.9 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

Hawaii counties

Every county that a tornado has touched is listed, most tornadoes first. 4 of them have at least 3 tornadoes and their own page.

CountyTornadoesStrongest
Honolulu County21F/EF2
Hawaii County8F/EF2
Kauai County6F/EF1
Maui County6F/EF0

Other states

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