storm photos of the year

The year’s most dramatic tornadoes, spectacular thunderstorms, and exciting atmospheric events as captured by those crazy, passionate daredevils who race outside when clouds gather and winds blow--the storm chasers.

The only calendar devoted to the amazing, once-in-a-lifetime images captured every year by the passionate weather lovers, science geeks, and adventurous adrenaline junkies known as storm chasers. Chosen by the expert judges of the Storm Photos of the Year contest, each image takes you right into the raging heart of real-life weather events and celebrates the chasers’ courage, creativity, and technical skill, while captions coolly identify the shocking what, where, and when.

Features include:

• Fold-around cover design eliminates need for plastic packaging
• 12＂ x 12＂ (12＂ x 24＂ open)
• Printed on FSC certified paper with soy-based ink
• Planning spread for September-December 2023
• Spans January-December 2024
• Generous grid space for notes, appointments, and reminders
• Official major world holidays and observances
• Moon phases, based on Universal Time
• Each month features a spectacular, top-placing entry from the Storm Photos of the Year contest, showcasing the most dramatic and impressive weather events of the previous year as captured by the intrepid, unstoppable worldwide community of storm chasers, as well as information on the chasers themselves.

Created in 2021 by professional photographer and celebrated storm chaser Mike Olbinski, the Storm Photos of the Year (or ＂Stormys＂) is the first online contest of its kind to celebrate this death-defying community and the spectacular, real-life images they alone can create. With multiple categories, tiers of awards, and stringent guidelines to ensure the integrity of the images, the Storm Photo of the Year Contest draws entrants from around the globe, from Australia to Italy to Canada to the United States’s famed Tornado Alley. Judges include Olbinski and a panel of respected photographers each year. stormphotocontest.com