Tornadoes · United States · Washington
2012 tornadoes in Washington
No tornado was recorded in Washington in 2012. The state averages 2.6 a year over the 52 years it has any in the record.
What Washington usually sees
The record has 134 tornadoes in Washington since 1950, none of them fatal. Every year in Washington.
Nearby
Every tornado in Washington since 1950Warnings in force in WashingtonThe live radar over Washington
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.