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There are more tornadoes. Alabama averages about 45 tornadoes per year and gets hit by a hurricane every few years.
Yes. North Carolina averages more than 30 tornadoes per year.
Averaging the years 1991-2012 (during which we have been accurately recording tornado statistics), we get a figure of 1256 tornadoes per year for the country, which then averages to about 25 per state. However, figures vary from state to state. Here are the figures for each state, rounded to the nearest whole number, except for states averaging less than 10 per year. Note that these are only averages and that the number of tornadoes in any given state can vary greatly from one year to the next.Alabama: 49Alaska: 0.1Arizona: 4.8Arkansas: 40California: 11Colorado: 50Connecticut: 1.6Delaware: 1.0Florida: 64Georgia: 30Hawaii: 0.6Idaho: 5.0Illinois: 53Indiana: 24Iowa: 49Kansas: 95Kentucky: 23Louisiana: 38Maine: 1.9Maryland: 11Massachusetts: 1.2Michigan: 15Minnesota: 44Mississippi: 46Missouri: 45Montana: 10Nebraska: 56Nevada: 1.9New Hampshire: 0.8New Jersey: 2.2New Mexico: 10New York: 10North Carolina: 32North Dakota: 33Ohio: 19Oklahoma: 64Oregon: 3.1Pennsylvania: 17Rhode Island: 0.2South Carolina: 26South Dakota: 35Tennessee: 29Texas: 151Utah: 2.7Vermont: 0.6Virginia: 19Washington: 2.6West Virginia: 2.1Wisconsin: 24Wyoming: 11Note that the totals will add up to more than the U.S. overall average as some tornadoes count for more than one state.
No town gets hit by tornadoes on an annual basis. Moore has been hit by 12 recorded tornadoes since 1950.
Tornadoes occur more. While an active year might see a few dozen hurricane-strength tropical cyclones in a year, the United States alone documents an averages of more than 1,200 tornadoes annually.
The United States has the most tornadoes at over 1,200 in an average year.
Yes. The U.S. averages about 1200 tornadoes per year, more than any other country in the world.
May on averages experience the most tornadoes.
There are more tornadoes. Alabama averages about 45 tornadoes per year and gets hit by a hurricane every few years.
Yes. North Carolina averages more than 30 tornadoes per year.
Oklahoma gets more tornadoes. It averages 64 tornadoes per year, far greater than Georgia's average of 31.
The United States averages about 1,200 tornadoes each year, some years have more and some have less.
Based on information from the past 20 years April averages about 150 tornadoes in the U.S. Worldwide numbers are more difficult to determine.
No. That title belongs to the U.S. which averages more than 1200 tornadoes per year. Britain, overall, gets more tornadoes per square mile, but due to its smaller size it gets fewer actual tornadoes. This is partly due to the U.S. having large expanses west of the Rockies where there are few tornadoes.
Averaging the years 1991-2012 (during which we have been accurately recording tornado statistics), we get a figure of 1256 tornadoes per year for the country, which then averages to about 25 per state. However, figures vary from state to state. Here are the figures for each state, rounded to the nearest whole number, except for states averaging less than 10 per year. Note that these are only averages and that the number of tornadoes in any given state can vary greatly from one year to the next.Alabama: 49Alaska: 0.1Arizona: 4.8Arkansas: 40California: 11Colorado: 50Connecticut: 1.6Delaware: 1.0Florida: 64Georgia: 30Hawaii: 0.6Idaho: 5.0Illinois: 53Indiana: 24Iowa: 49Kansas: 95Kentucky: 23Louisiana: 38Maine: 1.9Maryland: 11Massachusetts: 1.2Michigan: 15Minnesota: 44Mississippi: 46Missouri: 45Montana: 10Nebraska: 56Nevada: 1.9New Hampshire: 0.8New Jersey: 2.2New Mexico: 10New York: 10North Carolina: 32North Dakota: 33Ohio: 19Oklahoma: 64Oregon: 3.1Pennsylvania: 17Rhode Island: 0.2South Carolina: 26South Dakota: 35Tennessee: 29Texas: 151Utah: 2.7Vermont: 0.6Virginia: 19Washington: 2.6West Virginia: 2.1Wisconsin: 24Wyoming: 11Note that the totals will add up to more than the U.S. overall average as some tornadoes count for more than one state.
The United States has the most tornadoes of any country, averaging more than 1,200 per year.
yes. the U.S. actually gets more tornadoes than any other country.