January 12
- 1890 – A tornado outbreak hit the Midwestern United States and Ohio River Valley. The worst damage was from an F4 tornado that destroyed 75 buildings in Clinton, Kentucky, killing 11 people. An F2 tornado killed 4 people in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1932 – Several strong tornadoes hit Mississippi and Alabama. An F3 tornado destroyed homes and a school in Moundville, Alabama, killing nine people. Another F3 tornado killed three people in Hamilton, Mississippi.