http://www.drroyspencer.com/2018/10/new-record-low-tornado-count-as-of-october-3/ by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center keeps a daily count of cumulative number of tornadoes in the U.S. each year, and recent years have had an unusually low number of tornadoes. As of October 3, the cumulative total for 2018 is 759; the previous lowest number of tornadoes for this date was … Continue reading New Record Low Tornado Count through October 3 – Lowest since records began 65 years ago