Madison, CT Tornado History — 26 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Madison, CT had?
Madison has had 26 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 2 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Madison?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Madison was an EF0 on September 25, 2022.
When is tornado season in Madison?
August is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Madison, with 10 on record. Spring through early summer (April–June) generally sees the highest activity across most of the central and southern United States.
At a Glance
Recent Tornado Activity Near Madison
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 8 total, averaging 0.4 per year over this window.
Tornadoes by Decade
Tornadoes by Enhanced Fujita Rating
F0–F5 ratings (pre-2007) are grouped with their EF equivalents. The Enhanced Fujita scale replaced the original Fujita scale in February 2007.
Tornadoes by Month
Have any tornadoes near Madison been fatal?
No fatalities are on record within 25 miles of Madison from any of the 26 tornadoes since 1950, though 49 injuries have been reported. NOAA Storm Prediction Center records.
Notable Tornadoes Near Madison
About Tornadoes in Madison
This overview was written August 10, 2026. The tornado counts and notable-event figures elsewhere on this page reflect the latest data and may differ from this summary.
Madison's closest brush with violent weather came on July 10, 1989, when an F4 tornado carved a track roughly 3 miles long and 100 yards wide near this Connecticut shoreline town, injuring 40 people and leaving damage estimated near 275 million dollars. The archive maintained by the NOAA Storm Prediction Center shows the pattern taking shape decades earlier: an F2 traced a 10-mile path through the area in July 1950, and an F3 injured 8 people in August 1951. A long-tracked F1 covered 12.3 miles in July 1963, another F1 passed through in August 1981, and an F2 followed on August 8, 1999. More recently, an EF1 traveled 11.1 miles across the region on August 27, 2020, with weaker EF0 touchdowns on November 13, 2021, and September 26, 2022.
Read those dates in sequence and a seasonal rhythm emerges: high summer, again and again. July and August supply the ingredients Connecticut needs — humid air drawn north from the Gulf and the western Atlantic, cold fronts sagging down from Canada, and afternoon heating that fires thunderstorms over the interior hills before they ride toward Long Island Sound, where the sea breeze can sharpen storm boundaries. By autumn the pattern usually relaxes, though the late-season spin-ups of 2021 and 2022 show the edges of the season can stretch.