Results — State Rankings & Trends 2026-07-12
Results — Full State & Decade Rankings Every state that meets a minimum-volume cutoff, ranked by its P3:P1 per-year tornado ratio (F/EF1+ events). A ratio of 1.00 means the state has the same per-year tornado frequency today as it did in 1950–1985. Numbers above 1.00 are the gainers; below 1.00 are the losers.
Per-state gain/loss (F/EF1+ tornadoes) State P1 total P2 total P3 total P1 per-yr P3 per-yr Ratio Kentucky 338 243 896 9.4 34.5 3.67× Virginia 205 166 542 5.7 20.9 3.66× Mississippi 854 555 2,097 23.7 80.7 3.40× Maryland 95 113 229 2.6 8.8 3.34× Alabama 831 390 1,976 23.1 76.0 3.29× Tennessee 441 285 974 12.2 37.5 3.06× South Carolina 336 291 691 9.3 26.6 2.85× Oregon 32 40 62 0.9 2.4 2.68× New York 133 166 256 3.7 9.8 2.67× Illinois 989 647 1,898 27.5 73.0 2.66× Minnesota 684 455 1,270 19.0 48.9 2.57× North Carolina 460 405 825 12.8 31.7 2.48× Colorado 661 716 1,057 18.4 40.6 2.21× Louisiana 852 584 1,341 23.7 51.6 2.18× Iowa 1,065 725 1,666 29.6 64.1 2.17× Georgia 797 325 1,234 22.1 47.5 2.14× Nevada 22 41 34 0.6 1.3 2.14× Idaho 50 101 73 1.4 2.8 2.02× California 131 165 191 3.6 7.3 2.02× Arkansas 860 443 1,248 23.9 48.0 2.01× Missouri 1,110 368 1,606 30.8 61.8 2.00× Ohio 534 278 748 14.8 28.8 1.94× Washington 45 32 61 1.2 2.4 1.88× Kansas 1,675 980 2,269 46.5 87.3 1.88× North Dakota 606 378 809 16.8 31.1 1.85× Pennsylvania 354 262 454 9.8 17.5 1.78× New Jersey 63 69 75 1.8 2.9 1.65× Indiana 771 372 894 21.4 34.4 1.61× Connecticut 52 20 58 1.4 2.2 1.54× Utah 44 53 48 1.2 1.9 1.51× Arizona 118 62 125 3.3 4.8 1.47× Wisconsin 732 267 775 20.3 29.8 1.47× West Virginia 71 41 75 2.0 2.9 1.46× Nebraska 1,256 824 1,297 34.9 49.9 1.43× Montana 135 162 135 3.8 5.2 1.39× Oklahoma 2,081 880 2,042 57.8 78.5 1.36× New Mexico 260 189 236 7.2 9.1 1.26× Florida 1,502 1,030 1,276 41.7 49.1 1.18× Delaware 30 26 25 0.8 1.0 1.15× Texas 4,287 2,412 3,361 119.1 129.3 1.09× Wyoming 313 203 241 8.7 9.3 1.07× South Dakota 871 402 665 24.2 25.6 1.06× Maine 72 18 50 2.0 1.9 0.96× Michigan 588 286 400 16.3 15.4 0.94× Massachusetts 120 26 59 3.3 2.3 0.68× New Hampshire 66 17 29 1.8 1.1 0.61×
Aggregated by region Region P1 per-yr P2 per-yr P3 per-yr Ratio Great Plains (TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND) 182 143 142 0.78 Southeast (AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, TN, KY) 121 122 236 1.95 Other (all other states) 238 227 259 1.09
Annual totals (all F/EF0+) Year Total F/EF1+ F/EF2+ Injuries Deaths 1950 223 204 120 659 70 1951 269 205 117 524 34 1952 272 234 150 1,916 231 1953 492 406 260 5,131 519 1954 609 497 287 715 36 1955 632 440 236 926 129 1956 567 431 254 1,355 83 1957 930 670 395 1,976 193 1958 608 427 227 535 67 1959 630 441 212 734 58 1960 645 480 250 737 46 1961 772 594 365 1,087 52 1962 673 458 214 551 30 1963 493 373 209 538 31 1964 760 564 315 1,148 73 1965 990 693 433 5,197 301 1966 606 395 198 2,030 98 1967 966 617 352 2,144 114 1968 715 504 263 2,522 131 1969 650 437 232 1,311 66 1970 700 508 279 1,355 73 1971 963 770 384 2,723 159 1972 778 604 255 1,027 34 1973 1,198 978 473 2,402 89 1974 1,120 894 495 6,824 366 1975 962 652 266 1,457 60 1976 935 671 302 1,195 44 1977 922 574 221 771 43 1978 875 426 174 919 53 1979 918 527 200 3,014 84 1980 972 698 248 1,157 28 1981 830 542 206 798 24 1982 1,180 799 355 1,276 64 1983 995 644 241 756 34 1984 1,020 643 270 2,499 122 1985 773 455 175 1,299 94 1986 849 484 187 536 15 1987 695 352 98 1,018 59 1988 773 489 155 688 32 1989 921 546 169 1,270 50 1990 1,264 723 311 1,177 53 1991 1,208 514 201 864 39 1992 1,404 697 250 1,323 39 1993 617 272 76 778 56 1994 947 344 104 806 48 1995 1,222 410 134 1,150 34 1996 1,240 473 132 705 26 1997 1,180 424 130 1,033 68 1998 1,529 615 199 1,874 130 1999 1,520 632 251 1,842 94 2000 1,169 406 113 882 41 2001 1,351 485 161 743 40 2002 1,040 377 134 968 55 2003 1,535 578 169 1,087 54 2004 1,947 676 156 396 35 2005 1,343 498 119 537 38 2006 1,263 505 161 986 67 2007 1,242 518 164 617 81 2008 1,954 882 284 1,714 128 2009 1,273 531 128 397 21 2010 1,451 629 212 699 45 2011 2,074 1,190 410 5,483 553 2012 1,058 450 170 822 69 2013 1,053 509 143 756 55 2014 1,064 499 124 641 47 2015 1,320 579 112 924 36 2016 1,081 478 121 325 18 2017 1,663 880 190 522 35 2018 1,256 555 110 199 10 2019 1,737 804 186 537 42 2020 1,253 615 138 733 76 2021 1,545 692 174 878 103 2022 1,384 727 179 314 23 2023 1,522 737 213 955 86 2024 2,137 1,160 237 649 51
Headline centroid coordinates (F/EF1+) Period Latitude Longitude n events P1 (1950–1985) 37.04° N −92.84° W 27,641 P2 (1986–2000) 37.18° N −92.45° W 9,184 P3 (2001–2024) 37.14° N −91.84° W 36,316
Net shift P1 → P3: ≈ 70 miles east
Data sources: see the paper and the data package .