Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence
WorldPhysical EnvironmentThe areas that show the greatest concentration of dots have the highest frequency of tornadoes
Tornado Archive A world map shows areas of strong tornado occurrences, marked in red dots. Tornadoes cluster mainly in the eastern region of North America. Other regions include Argentina, parts of Europe, Japan, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.
Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Arctic | California | Eastern Woodlands, Northeast | Great Basin | Northwest Coast | Plains | Plateau | Southwest | Subarctic | Producing Oil Fields In North America | |
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Florida | 31 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 46 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | |||||||||||
Utah | 2 | 98.8% | 1.20% | |||||||||||
Yukon | 6.48% | 92.2% | ||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 13.2% | 69.8% | ||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | 78.0% | 22.0% | |||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | 99.9% | ||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 96.5% | |||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | 100% | ||||||||||||
Washington | 1 | 65.1% | ||||||||||||
Nunavut | 35.9% | 6.18% | ||||||||||||
Maine | 99.2% | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | 1.37% | 98.6% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 78.9% | |||||||||||||
Virginia | 28 | 8 | 45.2% | |||||||||||
Delaware | 3 | 96.5% | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | 100% | ||||||||||
North Carolina | 54 | 12 | 27.2% | |||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 53.9% | 18.0% | |||||||||||
New Brunswick | 99.0% | |||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 96.4% | 3.59% | ||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 10.1% | 67.6% | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 2 | 1 | 98.7% | |||||||||||
Connecticut | 99.4% | |||||||||||||
Nevada | 99.9% | |||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 98.0% | |||||||||||
New York | 17 | 1 | 99.5% | |||||||||||
Maryland | 8 | 1 | 96.7% | |||||||||||
Québec | 30 | 1 | 11.3% | 64.2% | ||||||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 11.6% | ||||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 100% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 60 | 11 | 4 | 44.4% | 55.6% | |||||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 27.3% | 72.7% | ||||||||
Alaska | 45.7% | 1.02% | 46.0% | 3 | ||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 8.41% | 91.6% | 1 | |||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 62.6% | 37.4% | 5 | |||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 9.49% | 74.5% | 16.0% | 2 | ||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 82.5% | 5 | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 38.0% | 62.0% | 6 | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 64.1% | 2 | |||||||||||
Texas | 193 | 46 | 7 | 50.9% | 39.0% | 26 | ||||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 12.0% | 82.4% | 1 | |||||||
Louisiana | 93 | 15 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
Alabama | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
New Mexico | 7 | 2.83% | 97.2% | 2 | ||||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 100% | 3 | ||||||||
British Columbia | 1 | 4.67% | 18.1% | 57.3% | 2 | |||||||||
Michigan | 20 | 3 | 100% | 4 | ||||||||||
Alberta | 9 | 31.3% | 4.22% | 64.5% | 9 | |||||||||
Pennsylvania | 31 | 3 | 100% | 3 | ||||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 60.5% | 25.0% | 14.5% | 3 | ||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10.8% | 7.55% | 81.6% | 1 | ||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 92.6% | 5 | ||||||||
Ontario | 46 | 1 | 47.4% | 52.5% | 1 | |||||||||
California | 3 | 77.4% | 20.3% | 1.70% | 4 | |||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 35.1% | 2 | |||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 100% | 1 | |||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 100% | 1 | |||||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 98.8% | 2 | |||||||||
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