of december. climatology it s the quietest month. 23 tornados on average. people think climate change certainly could play a role. i m here to say there isn t really great data suggesting the pointing to climate change in going with human induced climate change related to strengthening of tornados and frequency. plenty of data to pinpoint flooding. extreme heat waves and drought. even hurricanes. you can tie that into climate change. the data is not there when it comes to tornados. when you look at what s happened there s data to suggest tornado alley shifted further to the east. that s where we can draw this and see how it played out. just over a 24 to 36 hour span. 50 plus reports of tornados. 400 plus severe wind reports. east of the united states. where historically tornado alley