Iowa will end the month of May with no reports of any tornadoes.The very quiet start to spring comes just one year after an exceptionally busy severe weather season in 2024. Last May was active all over the country, with over 500 tornadoes reported, and 49 tornadoes officially documented in Iowa, including the EF-4 tornado that devastated Greenfield. That was the second highest number of tornadoes for the month of May, behind only 2004 which saw 57 tornadoes. In addition to the tornadoes, the state also saw nearly 250 reports of high winds or wind damage, and more than 80 reports of large hail.In contrast, this year has seen almost no severe weather in Iowa. On top of having no tornado reports, the state has only seen one report of wind damage, and seven reports of large hail, all coming from one sequence of storms on May 19. It has been about as quiet as it can get this month.May followed a relatively quiet April as well, with only 4 tornados reported across the state.However, Iowa has really been the exception across the eastern half of the country. This month has been a very active one for severe weather east of the Rocky Mountains, with over 330 reports of tornadoes so far, and hundreds of hail and wind reports.The drastic difference becomes very clear when you look at the tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings issued this month. Only a small handful of warnings in Iowa while the rest of the Midwest and Southeast is covered in warnings from multiple rounds of damaging storms.The start lack of tornadoes in Iowa is relatively unusual, with only 5 of years recording zero tornadoes in the month of May. Those years being 1951, 1969, 1978, 2006, and most recently in 2010.Each of those years at least 1 tornado followed in June, with as many as 27 in June of 2010. That means the quiet streak will likely come to an end at some point in June, though the overall trend would suggest the quieter than normal year should continue.» Subscribe to 糖心vlog's YouTube page» Download the free 糖心vlog app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play