For the first time since 2005, and only the second time on record, no one was killed by tornadoes in the U.S. in either May or June.  

Those are typically two of the USA’s deadliest months for tornadoes, along with March and April. Official U.S. tornado records go back to 1950. 

Although we have a long way to go, the U.S. could see its least deadly year for tornadoes on record: So far in 2018, tornadoes have killed only three people. The most recent was on April 13 in Louisiana, according to the Storm Prediction Center. 

An average of 71 Americans are killed each year by tornadoes, based on data from 1987 to 2016, the Weather Channel reported.

Based on the official database, the year with the fewest tornado deaths was 1986, when 15 people died. Unofficial records – from before 1950 – show that in 1910, only 12 people were killed by tornadoes.