Location
Ontario, Canada
Start Date
16-3-1868 9:00 AM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F3
Classification
Probable
Description
An extremely rare early season and strong probable tornado. This would be the earliest recorded tornado to touch down within any year in Ontario and the only other to touch down within 148 years on that day. (Clifford, March 16, 2016) Weather observation records indicate very unstable air mass (probably warm sector) nosed north into the golden horseshoe area the morning of the 16th which would account for the severe weather in Toronto that morning.
Toronto 1868 - Newpaper Clippings.pdf (8307 kB)
The Canadian Freeman, 1868 Toronto tornado.pdf (1026 kB)
The Daily Globe, March 1868 Toronto tornado.pdf (917 kB)
The Daily Leader 1868 Toronto tornado.pdf (1868 kB)
The Daily Telegraph 1868 Toronto tornado.pdf (2818 kB)
The Irish Canadian, March 1868 Toronto tornado.pdf (1032 kB)
Toronto 1868 - Newpaper Clippings.pdf (8307 kB)
Toronto
Ontario, Canada
An extremely rare early season and strong probable tornado. This would be the earliest recorded tornado to touch down within any year in Ontario and the only other to touch down within 148 years on that day. (Clifford, March 16, 2016) Weather observation records indicate very unstable air mass (probably warm sector) nosed north into the golden horseshoe area the morning of the 16th which would account for the severe weather in Toronto that morning.