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On this date in 1908, a tornado in New Zealand destroyed everything in its path and dropped hailstones the size of duck eggs.

14 Dec 1908 – TORNADO IN NEW ZEALAND – Trove

The Washington Post says theF3 tornado over the weekend in Kentucky was caused by global warming.

9:55 PM · Dec 12, 2021

The US has been hit by six F5 winter tornadoes since 1950, the last ones occurring  fifty years ago.

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The number of F3-F5 winter tornadoes has been declining in the US for 70 years.

1950-2019_all_tornadoes.csv (7.1 mb)

28 Feb 1971, 40 – The Odessa American at Newspapers.com

Illinois was hit by an F5 tornado on December 18, 1957.

19 Dec 1957, Page 1 – The Daily Standard at Newspapers.com

The day before the tornado the National Weather Service wrote about an F3 tornado which hit Kentucky in 1952,

5:00 AM · Dec 9, 2021

On New Years Eve 1951, Barbourville, Kentucky was 79 degrees.

Bad weather caused the catastrophic loss of two military planes.

31 Dec 1951, 1 – The Lexington Herald at Newspapers.com

Within hours of the tornado outbreak in Kentucky, the Biden administration was again using human misery to push their climate agenda.

Severe winter tornadoes have been declining for 70 years. But facts never interfere with Washington Post Junk Science

USA Today is claiming this weekend’s tornado was the longest on record at 223 miles.

Longest tornado ever? Deadly twister that hit 5 states may set record

The longest tornado of the 20th century occurred in 1917 – covering 293 miles of Illinois and Indiana. That was seventy miles longer than this weekend’s tornado.

Illinois Tornadoes

27 May 1917, Page 1 – The Daily Review at Newspapers.com

There were also deadly tornadoes in Alabama. Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Kansas.

28 May 1917, 1 – Evansville Courier and Press at Newspapers.com

At the time of 1925 tornado, it was reported  the tornado divided off several offshoots which covered 700 miles in length.

19 Mar 1925, Page 1 – Palladium-Item at Newspapers.com

Between 1916 and 1969, the busiest day of the year for tornadoes in Illinois was December 18.

Illinois Tornadoes

In Southern Illinois, December had the fourth highest frequency of deadly tornadoes – just behind April and May.

More climate science fiction from USA Today

30 May 1896, 1 – Lancaster Intelligencer at Newspapers.com

The Easter 1913 tornado outbreak struck Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Alabama.

That storm also brought the worst flooding on record to many places in the Midwest and Northeastern US.

The true story of our national calamity of flood, fire and tornado … – Logan Marshall – Google Books

A tornado on March 27, 1890 killed nearly 200 people in Louisville, Kentucky. Illinois, Kansas, Ohio and Georgia were also hit by tornadoes that day.