On average Birmingham gets hit by a tornado every two years.
No community gets hit with tornadoes every year. Evansville has been hit by a total of 5 tornadoes since official record keeping began in 1950. This works out to an approximate average of 1 tornado every 12 years.
Missouri averages 46 tornadoes per year.
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tornados hit the U.S. on average 1200 per year
There were 52 tornadoes in Illinois in 2009.
There were 55 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois in 2000.
There were 48 recorded tornadoes in Illinois in 2010.
There were 31 recorded tornadoes in Illinois in 2012.
In the years 2001-2011 there were 650 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois.
There were 949 recorded tornadoes in Illinois in the years 2000 to 2016.
an average of 20 tornadoes per year
There were 137 confirmed tornadoes in Texas in 2001, which is close to the average.
In the years 2000-2012 northern Illinois had 118 recorded tornadoes. 2012 data may be subject to change as possible late reports file in and as more tornadoes occur.
About 1,200 per year on average.
10 to 12 on average
Yes, tornadoes are not uncommon in northern Illinois. One the most notable of these was the F5 tornado that struck Plainfield, Illinois, not far from Chicago, on August 28, 1990 killing 29 people.