Tornadoes of 1962

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• January 5 – Florida (1 death)
• March 31 – Florida (17 deaths)
• April 8 – Virginia (1 death)
• April 28 – Mississippi (1 death)
• May 8 – Virginia (1 death)
• May 22 – Iowa (1 death)
• May 24 – Connecticut (1 death)
• May 25 – Texas (1 death)
• August 20 – Ohio (4 deaths)
• August 28 – Louisiana (2 deaths)

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Total fatalities: 30

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There were 12 tornadoes confirmed in the US in January.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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The first two tornadoes of the year struck Crestview, Florida at F2 intensity with the first one killing one, injuring 30, and kicking off an outbreak of 11 tornadoes across the Southeast.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620105.12.1|title=Tornado History Project: 19620105.12.1|website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com|access-date=2020-08-14|archive-date=2017-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507045756/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620105.12.1|url-status=usurped}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620105.12.2|title=Tornado History Project: 19620105.12.2|website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com|access-date=2020-08-16|archive-date=2014-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830072444/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620105.12.2|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web |title=#otd 55 years ago 1-5-62 a damaging #tornado tore through #Crestview #Florida about 50 miles east of #Pensicola #FLwx |url=https://twitter.com/TRAVELSnCHASES/status/817123591904960515 |website=Twitter |accessdate=8 September 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2021-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204100/https://twitter.com/TRAVELSnCHASES/status/817123591904960515 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/custom/30227450|title=Tornado History Project: Maps and Statistics|website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com}}{{dead link|date=February 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Later, another F2 tornado hit Destin, Florida.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620105.12.3|title=Tornado History Project: 19620105.12.3|website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com|access-date=2020-08-17|archive-date=2014-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830072448/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620105.12.3|url-status=usurped}} The next day, an F1 tornado injured one in Plum Branch, South Carolina.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620106.45.1|title=Tornado History Project: 19620106.45.1|website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com|access-date=2020-08-15|archive-date=2020-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112091629/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620106.45.1|url-status=usurped}} Overall, the outbreak killed one and injured 31.

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There were 25 tornadoes confirmed in the US in February.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

A high-end F3 tornado caused severe damage to the town of Holstebro and nearby areas. The tornado reached 500 meters wide (546.8 yards), and traveled 13 kilometers. ESWD mentions that it may have reached F4 intensity.{{cite web |url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=1716446878&force_dynamic_map=true%3B |title=European Severe Weather Database |website=eswd.eu |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218171707/https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=1716446878&force_dynamic_map=true%3B |archive-date=18 December 2021 |url-status=dead}} More than 100 buildings were damaged, some severely damaged. 500 trees were uprooted or snapped on a plantation & debris was carried 13 km.{{cite news|author1=Jan BjerreLauridsen| author2=Kristoffer W. Hamborg| author3=Mikael Dynnes Holmbo| title=Da landets værste skypumpe ramte Holstebro | website=Dagbladet Holstebro Struer | date=11 February 2012 | url=https://dagbladet-holstebro-struer.dk/forside/galleri-da-landets-vaerste-skypumpe-ramte-holstebro | language=da | access-date=7 April 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dmi.dk/nyheder/2012/da-danmarks-varste-skypumpe-raserede-ved-holstebro/|title = Da Danmarks værste skypumpe raserede ved Holstebro}} Homes were badly damaged, or destroyed with roof loss or partial collapse. A well built brick apartment had its roof torn off and third floor half demolished, while other apartments in construction were severely damaged.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lokalhistorisk-arkiv.dk/gallerier/skypumpen.aspx|title = Skypumpen}}

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Three tornadoes touched down in Denmark between February 16 & 17. On February 16, an F2 tornado struck {{ill|Bedsted, Tønder Municipality|lt=Bedsted|da|Bedsted (Tønder Kommune)}}, destroying the roof of a farmhouse and causing cracks in another. On February 17, an F1 tornado struck Store Damme, damaging a thatched roof while another unrated tornado took a 7 km path from Høve to {{ill|Ellinge Lyng|da}}, damaging 7 homes.{{cite web | url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=1952589475 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913195244/https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=1952589475 | archive-date=2023-09-13 | title=European Severe Weather Database }} {{Tornado chart small| FU = 1| F0 = 0| F1 = 1| F2 = 1| F3 = 0| F4 = 0| F5 = 0| Enhanced =no }}

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Two weak tornadoes touched down in California. First, an F0 tornado caused damage in Irvine.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620219.6.1 |title=Tornado History Project: 19620219.6.1 |access-date=2020-08-21 |archive-date=2017-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716130043/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620219.6.1 |url-status=usurped }} This was followed by an F1 tornado that occurred west of Hockett Peak.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620219.6.2 |title=Tornado History Project: 19620219.6.2 |access-date=2020-08-21 |archive-date=2017-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716130043/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620219.6.2 |url-status=usurped }} There were no casualties from either tornado.

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There were 37 tornadoes confirmed in the US in March.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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An outbreak of eight tornadoes hit the Southeast. On March 20, an F2 tornado injured two in Ponca, Alabama.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620320.5.3 |title=Tornado History Project: 19620320.5.3 |access-date=2020-08-21 |archive-date=2020-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031131333/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620320.5.3 |url-status=usurped }} Early the next morning, a squall line produced an F3 tornado that caused major damage and 10 injuries in Weaver, Alabama.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620321.1.4 |title=Tornado History Project: 19620321.1.4 |access-date=2020-08-21 |archive-date=2020-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814170832/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620321.1.4 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |last1=US Department of Commerce |first1=NOAA |title=Weaver Tornado 3/21/1962 |url=https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_03211962 |website=www.weather.gov |access-date=2 December 2020 |language=EN-US |archive-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018014540/https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_03211962 |url-status=live }} Later, another F3 tornado caused considerable damage in Northern Atlanta suburbs of Hickory Flat, Avery, and Macedonia, Georgia. Overall, there were 12 injuries caused by the tornadoes.

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A rare F2 tornado damaged a farm building on the north side of Fresno, California. There were no casualties.{{cite web |title=California F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620322.6.3 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=9 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716130047/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620322.6.3 |url-status=usurped }}

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{{Main|Tornado outbreak of March 30–31, 1962}}

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A destructive outbreak of 11 tornadoes hit the Southeast with 10 of them occurring on March 31. A large, catastrophic, {{convert|1/4|mi|km|abbr=on}} wide F3 tornado carved a {{convert|6.9|mi|km|abbr=on}} path of devastation through the northwest side of Milton, Florida with little to no warning. Several neighborhood were wrecked with at least 130 homes being destroyed while many others were damaged. With 17 deaths, this was deadliest tornado ever recorded in Florida until 1998 as well as the deadliest of the year. There were 100 injuries as well.{{cite web |title=Storm Data Publication {{!}} IPS {{!}} National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/sd/sd.html |website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov |accessdate=20 August 2020 |archive-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928062146/http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/sd/sd.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Florida F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620331.12.4 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=21 August 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705011752/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620331.12.4 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |title=Florida Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=9987256 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=21 August 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204048/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=9987256 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Milton FL tornado disaster.... - RareNewspapers.com |url=http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/576384 |website=www.rarenewspapers.com |access-date=22 August 2020}}{{cite news |title=Tornado still haunts Panhandle residents |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/03/31/tornado-still-haunts-panhandle-residents/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Gamblin |first1=Bill |title=Where were you in '62? 50th anniversary of the F3 tornado that claimed 17 lived |url=http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/02/84/08/00758/03-31-2012.pdf |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=Santa Rosa's Press Gazette |date=31 March 2012}}{{cite web |title=March 31, 1962 Florida Tornado {{!}} Real Climate Science |url=https://realclimatescience.com/2022/03/march-31-1962-florida-tornado/ |website=realclimatescience.com |date=31 March 2022 |access-date=13 June 2022}}{{cite web |title=Tornado Rules |url=https://www.weather.gov/mlb/tornado_rules |website=www.weather.gov |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=EN-US}}{{cite web |title=Tornadoes - Florida Climate Center |url=https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/topics/tornadoes |website=climatecenter.fsu.edu |access-date=13 June 2022}}{{cite web |title=March 31 History |url=https://www.newportriweather.com/mwd/history/mar/mar31.html |website=www.newportriweather.com |access-date=13 June 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/worstts.htm|title=The Most 'Important' US Tornadoes by State |accessdate=22 May 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035740/http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/worstts.htm|archivedate=4 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com|title=Tornado History Project: Maps and Statistics|author=|date=|website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com|accessdate=17 April 2018|archive-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117024312/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/|url-status=usurped}} Overall, the outbreak killed 17 and injured 105.

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There were 41 tornadoes confirmed in the US in April.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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Three weak, but destructive morning tornadoes hit the Southeast. A damaging F0 tornado traveled {{convert|64.1|mi|km}}, striking Clinton, Mt. Olive, Snow Hill, and Greenville, North Carolina.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620408.37.1 |title=Tornado History Project: 19620408.37.1 |access-date=2020-08-21 |archive-date=2017-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722022126/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620408.37.1 |url-status=usurped }} An F1 tornado then struck Hickory and Pungo south and east of Chesapeake, Virginia killing one.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620408.51.2 |title=Tornado History Project: 19620408.51.2 |access-date=2020-08-21 |archive-date=2020-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924170957/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620408.51.2 |url-status=usurped }} This was the only casualty from the tornadoes.

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An outbreak of 17 tornadoes hit the Midwest and the Southeast. On April 26, a large F3 tornado damaged areas north of Sayre, Oklahoma.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620426.40.1 |title=Tornado History Project: 19620426.40.1 |access-date=2020-08-25 |archive-date=2011-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126160955/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620426.40.1 |url-status=usurped }} Another F3 tornado hit Sheppard Air Force Base north of Wichita Falls, Texas, injuring 13.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620426.48.21 |title=Tornado History Project: 19620426.48.21 |access-date=2020-08-25 |archive-date=2011-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126161000/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620426.48.21 |url-status=usurped }} The next morning, an F2 tornado caused heavy damage in Woodchuck, Louisiana.{{cite web |title=Louisiana F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620427.22.6 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=26 August 2020 |archive-date=29 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829113952/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620427.22.6 |url-status=usurped }} On April 28, a massive mile-wide, long-tracked F2 tornado struck rural areas in Mississippi, including the town of Prichard, killing one, injuring six, and ending the outbreak.{{cite web |title=Mississippi F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620428.28.11 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=26 August 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116204918/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620428.28.11 |url-status=usurped }} Overall, the outbreak killed one and injured 19.

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An outbreak of 17 tornadoes hit the Midwest and Mississippi Valley. One of the first strong tornadoes of the outbreak was also the worst of the day: a long-tracked F3 tornado that passed through Ardmore, Northern South Bend, and Notre Dame, Indiana, injuring 49.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.18.6 |title=Tornado History Project: 19620430.18.6 |access-date=2020-08-24 |archive-date=2017-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707120420/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.18.6 |url-status=usurped }} Another F3 tornado then caused considerable damage in Kouts, Indiana.{{cite web |title=Indiana F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.18.3 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=27 August 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707115055/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.18.3 |url-status=usurped }} An F2 tornado then injured five in Kentland, Indiana.{{cite web |title=Indiana F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.18.4 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=28 August 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010043234/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.18.4 |url-status=usurped }} That evening, another F2 tornado injured two in rural Columbia County, Arkansas.{{cite web |title=Arkansas F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.5.4 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=29 August 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027230516/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.5.4 |url-status=usurped }} The final tornado to cause injuries was an F1 tornado that passed near Forest and Pioneer, Louisiana, injuring one.{{cite web |title=Louisiana F1 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.22.10 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=30 August 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126155625/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620430.22.10 |url-status=usurped }} Overall, the outbreak injured 57.

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There were 200 tornadoes confirmed in the US in May.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} May 14 started an extremely active period of tornadoes with at least one confirmed everyday until June 25.

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An outbreak sequence of 10 tornadoes hit the Great Plains, Midwest, and Virginia.{{cite web |title=Tornado History Project: Maps and Statistics |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/custom/30572633 |website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com |accessdate=31 August 2020}}{{dead link|date=February 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The first strong tornado of the outbreak caused F2 damage in Collins, Iowa.{{cite web |title=Iowa F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620507.19.1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321041504/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620507.19.1 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 21, 2012 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=2 September 2020}} Later, another F2 tornado struck Winslow, Nebraska, injuring five.{{cite web |title=Nebraska F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620507.31.2 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=3 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716023812/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620507.31.2 |url-status=usurped }} An F3 tornado then occurred north of Davenport, Iowa.{{cite web |title=Iowa F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620507.19.3 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=4 September 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717071438/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620507.19.3 |url-status=usurped }} The next day, a rare F2 tornado struck Lapwai, Idaho, only the second of 10 official F2 tornadoes to hit the state.{{cite web |title=Idaho F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620508.16.1 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=5 September 2020 |archive-date=28 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828020020/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620508.16.1 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |title=All Idaho tornadoes |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Idaho |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=5 September 2020 |archive-date=6 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706163826/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Idaho |url-status=usurped }} The final tornado of the outbreak then occurred as a fatal F2 tornado killed one and injured two northwest of Amber Lake, Virginia.{{cite web |title=Virginia F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620508.51.4 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=6 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716063410/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620508.51.4 |url-status=usurped }} In the end, the outbreak killed one and injured seven.

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{{Main|Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962}}

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A massive, long-lived outbreak sequence of 188 tornadoes impacted 25 states in the Continental United States as part of a long-lived period of active severe weather. On May 14, a massive, long-tracked, {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=mid|-wide}} F3 tornado struck Burton and Mills, Nebraska as well as Bonesteel, South Dakota, injuring eight along its {{convert|53.8|mi|km|adj=mid|-path}}.{{cite web |title=North America Tornado Cases 1960 to 1969 |url=http://bangladeshtornadoes.org/UScases60to69.html |website=bangladeshtornadoes.org |accessdate=16 October 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020183021/https://bangladeshtornadoes.org/UScases60to69.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Nebraska-South Dakota F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620514.31.7 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=1 September 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719122310/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620514.31.7 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=Nebraska Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072613 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Center for Environmental Information |accessdate=1 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204052/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072613 |url-status=live }}{{cite report |title=South Dakota Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10112473 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Center for Environmental Information |accessdate=1 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204052/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10112473 |url-status=live }} Later, another massive, long-tracked, {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=mid|-wide}} F3 tornado struck Mitchell, Forestburg, Huron, and Morningside, South Dakota, injuring two on its {{convert|70.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-path}}.{{cite web |title=South Dakota F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620514.46.5 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=1 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716084652/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620514.46.5 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=South Dakota Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10112475 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=1 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204052/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10112475 |url-status=live }}{{cite report |title=South Dakota Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10112476 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=1 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204052/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10112476 |url-status=live }} On May 21, a large, long-tracked, {{convert|500|yd|m|adj=mid|-wide}} F3 tornado struck Tilden and Hartington, Nebraska, injuring seven on its {{convert|71.1|mi|km|adj=mid|-path}}.{{cite web |title=Nebraska F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620521.31.24 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=13 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716023752/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620521.31.24 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=Nebraska Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072860 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=13 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204052/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072860 |url-status=live }}{{cite report |title=Nebraska Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072861 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=13 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204054/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072861 |url-status=live }}{{cite report |title=Nebraska Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072862 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=13 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204054/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072862 |url-status=live }}{{cite report |title=Nebraska Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072864 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=13 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918204122/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10072864 |url-status=live }} Later, another intense F3 tornado shredded Mitchell, South Dakota, injuring 32.{{cite web |title=South Dakota F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620521.46.16 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=15 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716202925/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620521.46.16 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=South Dakota Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10112491 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=15 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=16 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916214849/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10112491 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Lammers |first1=Austin |title=It's tornado season. Here's a look at the most dangerous in South Dakota's history. |url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/business/2019/06/04/south-dakota-dangerous-tornadoes-history/1298912001/ |website=Argus Leader |accessdate=8 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=50 years ago, powerful tornado rolled through area |url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/lifestyle/1546475-50-years-ago-powerful-tornado-rolled-through-area |website=The Mitchell Republic |accessdate=8 September 2020 |language=en |archive-date=13 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013031821/https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/lifestyle/1546475-50-years-ago-powerful-tornado-rolled-through-area |url-status=live }} An F2 tornado killed one in Iowa City, Iowa on May 22.{{cite web |title=Iowa F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620522.19.7 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=19 September 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717032050/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620522.19.7 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |title=Iowa Event Report: F2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10013243 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=19 September 2020}}{{cite news |title=May 22, 1962 Iowa City |url=https://img8.newspapers.com/clip/23218770/may-22-1962-iowa-city/ |newspaper=Iowa City Press-Citizen |date=23 May 1962 |page=1 |accessdate=5 September 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=23 May 1962, 1 - Iowa City Press-Citizen at Newspapers.com |url=https://img8.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=23218770&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM2MzQwMjU4NywiaWF0IjoxNjAwNTUyMjM3LCJleHAiOjE2MDA2Mzg2Mzd9.9YS8xA6rJ1D4AksyXfwkHrpHXTFVPyGiHtO_RM7gwuc |website=Newspapers.com |accessdate=19 September 2020 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Clipped From Iowa City Press-Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23219984/iowa-city-press-citizen/ |website=Iowa City Press-Citizen |accessdate=20 September 2020 |pages=2 |date=23 May 1962}}{{cite news |title=Clipped From Iowa City Press-Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23220039/iowa-city-press-citizen/ |website=Iowa City Press-Citizen |accessdate=20 September 2020 |pages=2 |date=23 May 1962}} The worst event occurred on May 24, when a catastrophic F3 tornado struck Bunker Hill, Fairmount, Waterville, Wolcott, Southington, Connecticut in the suburbs of Waterbury, causing near-F4 damage at times, killing one and injuring 50.{{cite web |title=Connecticut F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620524.9.1 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=23 September 2020 |archive-date=27 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927101250/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620524.9.1 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=Connecticut Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=9986192 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Center for Environmental Information |accessdate=23 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001233833/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=9986192 |url-status=live }}{{cite report |title=Connecticut Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=9986193 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Center for Environmental Information |accessdate=23 September 2020}}{{cite news |last1=American |first1=Republican |title=The Day of the Tornado {{!}} Republican American Archives |url=https://archives.rep-am.com/2012/05/20/the-day-of-the-tornado/ |accessdate=23 September 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002012652/https://archives.rep-am.com/2012/05/20/the-day-of-the-tornado/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Florence T Crowell's Historic Watertown Connecticut Photo Gallery |url=https://www.facebook.com/334846928460/posts/53-years-ago-todaykiller-tornado-of-1962-did-comparatively-minor-damage-in-water/10152895756528461/ |website=www.facebook.com |accessdate=23 September 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=News |url=https://web.tapr.org/~wa1lou/whs/news201205.html |website=web.tapr.org |accessdate=23 September 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002031947/https://web.tapr.org/~wa1lou/whs/news201205.html |url-status=live }} On May 25, a violent F4 tornado injured nine in Dill City, Oklahoma.{{cite web |title=Oklahoma F4 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620525.40.20 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=24 September 2020 |archive-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112105819/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620525.40.20 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Event Report: F4 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10092709 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Center for Environmental Information |accessdate=24 September 2020 |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019133125/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10092709 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=US Department of Commerce |first1=NOAA |title=Violent Tornadoes (F4/F5/EF-4/EF-5) in Oklahoma (1950-Present) |url=https://www.weather.gov/oun/tornadodata-ok-violent |website=www.weather.gov |accessdate=16 September 2020 |language=EN-US |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918090340/https://www.weather.gov/oun/tornadodata-ok-violent |url-status=live }} A deadly F3 tornado then struck Radium and Plainview, Texas, killing one and injuring another.{{cite web |title=Texas F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620525.48.31 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=24 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716023807/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620525.48.31 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=Texas Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10119271 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Center for Environmental Information |accessdate=24 September 2020 |date= |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019104826/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10119271 |url-status=live }} On May 26, a violent {{convert|400|yd|m|adj=mid|-wide}} F4 tornado passed near Randlett and Cookietown, Oklahoma.{{cite web |title=Oklahoma F4 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620526.40.29 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=1 October 2020 |archive-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112062536/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620526.40.29 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=Oklahoma Event Report: F4 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10093805 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=1 October 2020}} F4, F1, and F2 tornadoes then pummeled Haskell, Texas, injuring one.{{cite web |title=Texas F4 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620526.48.34 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=2 October 2020 |archive-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112091634/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620526.48.34 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=Texas Event Report: F4 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10119281 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=2 October 2020}}{{cite web |title=Texas F1 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620526.48.35 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=2 October 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717120741/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620526.48.35 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=Texas Event Report: F1 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10119279 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=2 October 2020}}{{cite web |title=Texas F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620526.48.36 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=2 October 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717032038/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620526.48.36 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite report |title=Texas Event Report: F2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10119280 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |accessdate=2 October 2020}} Overall, the outbreak sequence killed three and injured 168.{{cite web |title=All Tornado Summaries |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/listevents.jsp?eventType=%28C%29+Tornado&beginDate_mm=05&beginDate_dd=14&beginDate_yyyy=1962&endDate_mm=06&endDate_dd=01&endDate_yyyy=1962&hailfilter=0.00&tornfilter=0&windfilter=000&sort=DT&submitbutton=Search&statefips=-999%2CALL |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Center for Environmental Information |accessdate=18 August 2020}}

A low-end F2/T4 tornado hit St. Margarethen.{{cite web |url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=21484097806&force_static_map=true%3B |title=European Severe Weather Database |website=eswd.eu |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218214948/https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=21484097806&force_static_map=true%3B |archive-date=18 December 2021 |url-status=dead}}

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There were 171 tornadoes confirmed in the US in June.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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A rare F1 tornado touched down in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, causing extensive damage.{{cite web |title=Puerto Rico F1 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.99.1 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=9 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716035722/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.99.1 |url-status=usurped }} This was followed by a small outbreak of nine tornadoes in Texas and Kansas. Three tornadoes, two rated F2 and the other rated F0, caused damage in and around Silverton, Texas.{{cite web |title=Texas F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.48.75 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=10 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716081312/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.48.75 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |title=Texas F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.48.77 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=11 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716022154/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.48.77 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |title=Texas F0 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.48.78 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=11 September 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716045907/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.48.78 |url-status=usurped }} Another F2 tornado hit the northwest side of Rotan, Texas.{{cite web |title=Texas F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.48.79 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=12 September 2020 |archive-date=15 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715221329/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.48.79 |url-status=usurped }} One final F2 tornado occurred east of McAllaster, Kansas.{{cite web |title=Kansas F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.20.37 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=13 September 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717040550/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620607.20.37 |url-status=usurped }} None of the tornadoes caused casualties.

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A small outbreak of six tornadoes hit Wisconsin, Illinois, and Kansas. An F2 tornado caused major damage when it moved directly through Thorp, Wisconsin.{{cite web |title=Wisconsin F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620623.55.2 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=15 September 2020 |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718150133/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620623.55.2 |url-status=usurped }} Another F2 tornado injured 10 in the Southern Chicago suburbs of Oak Forest and Markham, Illinois.{{cite web |title=Illinois F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620623.17.12 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=14 September 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717123959/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620623.17.12 |url-status=usurped }} These were the only casualties that day.

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There were 78 tornadoes confirmed in the US in July.{{cite web |title=Tornado History Project: July, 1962 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/1962/July |website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com |accessdate=18 September 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116204631/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/1962/July |url-status=usurped }}

There were 51 tornadoes confirmed in the US in August.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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A small, but destructive outbreak of 10 tornadoes struck the Eastern Dakotas and Northeastern Kansas. Eight of the tornadoes occurred in Kansas, including a large, violent {{convert|667|yd|m|abbr=on}} wide F4 tornado that caused the only casualties during the event when it moved directly through Holton and Birmingham, Kansas on August 6, injuring three. An F3 tornado also caused major damage on the southwest side of Baldwin City, Kansas later that day.{{cite web |title=Kansas F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620806.20.59 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=23 September 2020 |archive-date=25 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025065109/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620806.20.59 |url-status=usurped }}

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Three F2 tornadoes touched down in Maine, Texas, and Ohio. The first one moved in an unusual westward motion, damaging Hutchins Corner southwest of Wellington, Maine.{{cite web |title=Maine F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620820.23.2 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=27 September 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710000214/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620820.23.2 |url-status=usurped }} The second one impacted the southeast side of Mathis, Texas.{{cite web |title=Texas F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620820.48.129 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=27 September 2020 |archive-date=25 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025065120/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620820.48.129 |url-status=usurped }} The final one was the most catastrophic of the three: it struck Brook Park, Ohio in the southwestern suburbs of Cleveland, causing major damage, killing four, and injuring 20.{{cite web |title=Ohio F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620820.39.4 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=26 September 2020 |archive-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729195524/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620820.39.4 |url-status=usurped }}

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Two weak tornadoes touched down in Louisiana. However, the second one, which was rated F1, caused major damage in Cameron, killing two and injuring 30.{{cite web |title=Louisiana F1 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620828.22.12 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=29 September 2020 |archive-date=25 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025033508/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620828.22.12 |url-status=usurped }}

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There were 24 tornadoes confirmed in the US in September.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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A localized, but devastating series of three tornadoes impacted South Dakota and Minnesota. First, an F1 tornado caused considerable damage north of Parmelee during the afternoon of September 15.{{cite web |title=South Dakota F1 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620915.46.38 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=3 October 2020 |archive-date=7 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007162404/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620915.46.38 |url-status=usurped }} Early the next morning, a violent F4 tornado ripped through Southeastern Rochester, Minnesota, injuring 34.{{cite web |title=Minnesota F4 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620916.27.13 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=2 October 2020 |archive-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112094050/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620916.27.13 |url-status=usurped }} The final tornado occurred shortly thereafter when an F2 tornado damaged parts of Pleasant Grove, Minnesota.{{cite web |title=Minnesota F2 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620916.27.14 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=4 October 2020 |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008111043/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19620916.27.14 |url-status=usurped }}

A tornado hit Seattle, Washington with windspeeds estimated at 100 mph. It damaged the home of Bill Gates, who was six years old at the time.{{Cite web |title=Seattle's 1st recorded tornado was in '62, and it wrecked Bill Gates' childhood home – The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattles-1st-recorded-tornado-was-in-62-and-it-wrecked-bill-gates-childhood-home/?amp=1 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.seattletimes.com| date=19 December 2018 }}

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There were 11 tornadoes confirmed in the US in October.{{cite web |title=Tornado History Project: October, 1962 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/1962/10/map |website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com |accessdate=5 October 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009062343/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/1962/10/map |url-status=usurped }}

A strong F1 tornado in Isla del Moral killed a person across a 6.9 km long path.{{Cite web|url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=21314693665&force_dynamic_map=true%3B|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211218213200/https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=21314693665&force_dynamic_map=true%3B|archive-date = 2021-12-18|title = European Severe Weather Database}}

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There were 5 tornadoes confirmed in the US in November.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

An F1 tornado injured one in Miami, Florida.{{cite web |title=Florida F1 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19621109.12.17 |website=Tornado History Project |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |accessdate=7 October 2020 |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008210215/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19621109.12.17 |url-status=usurped }}

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There were 2 tornadoes confirmed in the US in December.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

A strong F1 tornado in Brenes killed 3 and injured 30 others.

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