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Description2020 United States tornado count.png	English: United States Inflation Adjusted* Annual Tornado Trend and Percentile Ranks Preliminary tornadoes from Local Storm Reports multiplied by 0.85 to remove overcount.
Date	1 January 2021
Source	https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/torgraph-big.png
Author	Storm Prediction Center

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:52, 13 January 2021	1,130 × 700 (138 KB)	Ks0stm	2020 final update
	02:16, 3 December 2020	1,130 × 700 (137 KB)	TornadoLGS	Update through end of November
	02:46, 11 November 2020	1,130 × 700 (137 KB)	TornadoLGS	Update through early November
	19:06, 1 October 2020	1,130 × 700 (138 KB)	TornadoLGS	Update through September 30
	18:13, 31 August 2020	1,130 × 700 (137 KB)	Mazum24	Update
	00:37, 6 August 2020	1,130 × 700 (136 KB)	TornadoLGS	Update as of August 5.
	00:17, 18 June 2020	1,130 × 700 (134 KB)	AVeryWiseWolfy	Updated for June 17th
	23:10, 13 May 2020	1,130 × 700 (135 KB)	Airplane50	Reverted to version as of 04:37, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
	23:09, 13 May 2020	1,130 × 700 (134 KB)	Airplane50	Updating for May 13.
	04:37, 2 May 2020	1,130 × 700 (135 KB)	AVeryWiseWolfy	Updating for May 1st.