List of United States tornadoes from January to February 2012

[4][5] The period's strongest tornado was ranked as an EF4 and occurred on February 29 in Saline and Gallatin counties in Illinois.

[6] Total economic losses in the United States from the first two months of 2012 amounted to over $600 million.

[11] The activity was the result of a strong La Niña,[10] which contributed to the fourth-warmest January in the United States in recorded history.

[8] Similar to January, temperatures in the United States were anomalously warm, and the month ranked as the fifteenth-warmest February on record.

[15] The strongest tornado, ranked as an EF4, struck Harrisburg, Illinois on February 29, killing eight.