It varies, but in an average year, the U.S. gets between 1,200 and 1,300 tornadoes.
Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in spring and early summer.
It varies from year to year, but the average is about 1200.
Tornadoes have ocurred in all 50 U.S. states.
No. Tornadoes can occur almost anywhere that gets thunderstorms.
Tornadoes can happen at any time of year but they are most common in sprind and early summer.
Yes. The United States gets more tornadoes than any other country.
Tornadoes can occur just about anywhere in the U.S. but they are most common on the Great Plains.
The majority of UK tornadoes are not recorded. So most statistics on the number of recorded tornadoes in the UK are usually around 70. Most UK tornadoes happen in the countryside (so don't get noticed) and are very small (usually). It is common belief that more tornadoes happen in the UK than in the US (tornado ally included) - Although US tornadoes are way bigger and stronger than those in the UK and so more are likely to be noticed and therefore recorded. Tornadoes in the UK usually happen in the summer when the weather conditions are right.
In 2011 there were 1,626 tornadoes and 552 deaths.
There were 1692 tornadoes in the U.S. in 2008.
It is called Tornado Alley.
It depends on where you live. Tornadoes happen fairly often in the US as a whole, mostly during the spring or fall. However, they typically affect a very limited area. Even though the US is the most tornado-prone area in the world (for example, Europe is slightly larger than the US, but the US has four times as many tornadoes), there are almost no intense (>3 on the Fujita scale) tornadoes west of the Rocky Mountains.