Tornado Alley States
Texas has the highest Total Tornadoes in 2024 (169), followed by Iowa (131) and Nebraska (131). Delaware has the lowest (1).
5 sources
- Tornadoes and Related Deaths By State, 2022 - Insurance Information Institute
- Average Number of Tornadoes - Climate.gov
- The First Scientists Who Dared to Forecast 'an Act of God' - Newsweek
- Is Tornado Alley Shifting East? - The Weather Station Experts
- Tornadoes and the Enhanced Fujita Scale - National Geographic
Total Tornadoes, 2024
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All 45 ranked
Highest first.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Over time · 2019–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all states
- Texas
- Iowa
- Nebraska
- Illinois
- Missouri
Data
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Texas | 169 | 9 |
| 2 |  Iowa | 131 | 6 |
| 2 |  Nebraska | 131 | — |
| 4 |  Illinois | 126 | — |
| 5 |  Missouri | 105 | 1 |
| 6 |  Florida | 103 | 8 |
| 7 |  Louisiana | 92 | 3 |
| 8 |  Oklahoma | 91 | 8 |
| 9 |  Kansas | 89 | 1 |
| 10 |  Ohio | 82 | 3 |
| 11 |  Mississippi | 81 | — |
| 12 |  Alabama | 79 | 1 |
| 13 |  Indiana | 61 | 1 |
| 14 |  Kentucky | 57 | 1 |
| 15 |  South Carolina | 48 | — |
| 16 |  Arkansas | 44 | 5 |
| 17 |  Wisconsin | 42 | — |
| 18 |  Minnesota | 41 | — |
| 19 |  North Carolina | 37 | 2 |
| 20 |  Georgia | 33 | 2 |
| 21 |  New York | 32 | 1 |
| 21 |  Pennsylvania | 32 | — |
| 23 |  Colorado | 31 | — |
| 24 |  Michigan | 23 | 1 |
| 24 |  Tennessee | 23 | 1 |
| 26 |  West Virginia | 21 | — |
| 27 |  North Dakota | 18 | — |
| 28 |  Maryland | 16 | — |
| 29 |  Virginia | 14 | — |
| 30 |  New Mexico | 11 | — |
| 30 |  South Dakota | 11 | — |
| 32 |  California | 6 | — |
| 32 |  Arizona | 6 | — |
| 34 |  Wyoming | 5 | — |
| 35 |  Montana | 4 | — |
| 36 |  Oregon | 3 | — |
| 36 |  Utah | 3 | — |
| 38 |  New Hampshire | 2 | — |
| 39 |  New Jersey | 1 | — |
| 39 |  Washington | 1 | — |
| 39 |  Massachusetts | 1 | — |
| 39 |  Connecticut | 1 | — |
| 39 |  Idaho | 1 | — |
| 39 |  Rhode Island | 1 | — |
| 39 |  Delaware | 1 | — |
What correlates with Total Tornadoes (2024)?
Pearson r against 2,104 other state metrics sharing at least 27 states. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Total Tornadoes tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Total Tornadoes tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Total Tornadoes?
- Texas has the highest Total Tornadoes in 2024, at 169, followed by Iowa (131) and Nebraska (131).
- Which state has the lowest Total Tornadoes?
- Delaware has the lowest Total Tornadoes in 2024, at 1.
- What is the median Total Tornadoes across US states?
- The median is 31 across the 45 US states with data in 2024.
- Where does this tornado alley states data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Tornadoes and Related Deaths By State, 2022 - Insurance Information Institute; Average Number of Tornadoes - Climate.gov; The First Scientists Who Dared to Forecast 'an Act of God' - Newsweek; Is Tornado Alley Shifting East? - The Weather Station Experts.