Talk:List of tornadoes by calendar day

Working on it… (update 30 December 2022)

I really like this page and will continue to work on fixing it up as much and as quickly as I'm able. I know I'm not perfect on coding for references. Please correct any such mistakes and advise me where I made errors so I won't repeat them.

As of today, January to April is done and I'm about halfway through May. I’m hoping to continue filling in days that were excluded and adding information and references where I can find them. I also plan to delete insignificant or unverifiable listings and add tornadoes with historical significance or some degree of human interest. Eventually, every day of the calendar year will be represented on this page (at least for North/Central America). I'll also do my best to add significant tornadoes from other continents as well.

Looking forward to making this page really sparkle. Dym75 (talk) 05:15, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Reminder for numbers

Numbers between zero and nine should *always* be spelled out. Anything 10 and up can be written as numerals. Some style books suggest up to 100 should be spelled out but that isn’t necessary here. But, obviously, it’s EF0, EF2, etc, not EF-zero or EF-two. Dym75 (talk) 05:17, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Exceptions

1. At the beginning of a sentence, numbers are always spelled out, regardless of size (e.g. Eighteen people were killed. Fifty houses were destroyed.)

2. When writing units of measurement - cm, mph, kg, et. al. - never spell out the number, regardless of size. (e.g. 6cm, 5mph, 10kg). Dym75 (talk) 05:17, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

2023 and ‘24?

There was a notable tornado in Rolling Fork, Mississippi and another one in Wynne, Arkansas in March of 2023. There have also been several big tornadoes this year. 2601:5C5:4201:68B0:B0CF:B19:B7BB:4811 (talk) 18:46, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

This wasn’t necessarily about big tornadoes as much as it was meant to be historically significant ones. I’m sure the EF4 list page has all the ones you’re thinking about. Dym75 (talk) 14:26, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Please don’t delete this page [x-posted from deletion discussion]

I have not gotten to work on this page as much as I’d like to, but there was a purpose to my edits, as many of them as there were, and I’d love more time to work on it:

1. It was proof that tornadoes can happen on every single day of the calendar year. People think that they can’t or don’t happen in certain months, but they do.

2. It was proof that tornadoes can happen on six of the seven continents (if there’s been one on Antarctica, then correct me!), trying to get away from being too America-centered since folks don’t realize how many places are affected beyond Tornado Alley, Dixie Alley, etc. I found more info on tornadoes that happened in Africa, South Asia, Australia, etc.

3. I had no intentions of making this a “fan page” - which sounds odd, anyway - but for educational purposes. I was trying to find tornadoes with significance, including all the EF5 tornadoes, the most significant EF4 tornadoes, the deadliest, the costliest, and so on. I was trying to include tornadoes that happen in states where folks least expect them (New England states, Hawaii, etc).

4. The whole point of continuing the page was for the folks who may stumble upon it and learn something. It would dispel myths which is incredibly important. The ignorance outside the weather community is astounding. Knowledge can save lives, right?

I’m going to copy all the code/info and such because I spent days upon weeks in the past trying to fix this page, but work, health, and my elderly Mom have gotten in the way. If all else fails, and you folks just delete it anyway, I’ll just create my own website with this information. Stinks if I had to do that, though… Dym75 (talk) 01:30, 16 May 2024 (UTC)