States with the Most Tornadoes
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Inside this gallery: 15 historical photographs, each with the year, the place, and the story behind the picture.
- 1. Texas — 9,481 recorded tornado-state pairs — the past. Texas ranks first in this 1950-2024 raw-total method, averaging 126.4 recorded tornadoes per year across the 75-year window.
- 2. Kansas — 4,573 recorded tornado-state pairs — the past. Kansas places second with 4,573 distinct year-tornado-state keys, or 61.0 per year as a simple window average.
- 3. Oklahoma — 4,403 recorded tornado-state pairs — the past. Oklahoma's 4,403 records equal a simple 58.7-per-year average over the fixed window.
- 4. Florida — 3,733 recorded tornado-state pairs — the past. Florida ranks fourth with 3,733 distinct tornado-state pairs and a 49.8 annual average across 1950-2024.
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