The map would be more interesting if it measured annual number of tornadoes per square mile.
Then Rhode Island might have a higher rate of tornadoes than Texas!
Data from Map, "Crunched"
New York has more tornadoes per square mile than 20 other States, Connecticut than 22 and even Maine more than 8!
Note: "[Number Tornadoes per Sq. Mi. * 1,000]" is formatted as Percentage, for clarity.
| State | Rank | sq mi | Tornadoes | [Number Tornadoes per Sq. Mi. * 1,000] | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 15 | 82,278.36 | 92.4 | 112% | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | 69,898.87 | 65.4 | 94% | 2 |
| Illinois | 25 | 57,913.55 | 54 | 93% | 3 |
| Mississippi | 32 | 48,431.78 | 45.1 | 93% | 4 |
| Alabama | 30 | 52,420.07 | 47.1 | 90% | 5 |
| Iowa | 26 | 56,272.81 | 49.2 | 87% | 6 |
| Florida | 22 | 65,757.70 | 54.6 | 83% | 7 |
| Maryland | 42 | 12,405.93 | 9.9 | 80% | 8 |
| Louisiana | 31 | 52,378.13 | 39.6 | 76% | 9 |
| South Carolina | 40 | 32,020.49 | 23.3 | 73% | 10 |
| Arkansas | 29 | 53,178.55 | 38.2 | 72% | 11 |
| Nebraska | 16 | 77,347.81 | 54.6 | 71% | 12 |
| Tennessee | 36 | 42,144.25 | 29.1 | 69% | 13 |
| Indiana | 38 | 36,419.55 | 24.6 | 68% | 14 |
| Missouri | 21 | 69,706.99 | 46.7 | 67% | 15 |
| Kentucky | 37 | 40,407.80 | 24.2 | 60% | 16 |
| Texas | 2 | 268,596.46 | 146.7 | 55% | 17 |
| North Carolina | 28 | 53,819.16 | 29.1 | 54% | 18 |
| Georgia | 24 | 59,425.15 | 29.4 | 49% | 19 |
| Minnesota | 12 | 86,935.83 | 41.9 | 48% | 20 |
| Colorado | 8 | 104,093.67 | 49.5 | 48% | 21 |
| Ohio | 34 | 44,825.58 | 19.2 | 43% | 22 |
| South Dakota | 17 | 77,115.68 | 32.6 | 42% | 23 |
| Virginia | 35 | 42,774.93 | 17.7 | 41% | 24 |
| Delaware | 49 | 2,488.72 | 1 | 40% | 25 |
| Wisconsin | 23 | 65,496.38 | 23.5 | 36% | 26 |
| Pennsylvania | 33 | 46,054.35 | 16 | 35% | 27 |
| Connecticut | 48 | 5,543.41 | 1.6 | 29% | 28 |
| New Jersey | 47 | 8,722.58 | 2 | 23% | 29 |
| New York | 27 | 54,554.98 | 9.6 | 18% | 30 |
| Michigan | 11 | 96,713.51 | 14.7 | 15% | 31 |
| Massachusetts | 44 | 10,554.39 | 1.4 | 13% | 32 |
| Rhode Island | 50 | 1,544.89 | 0.2 | 13% | 33 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 97,813.01 | 10.9 | 11% | 34 |
| West Virginia | 41 | 24,230.04 | 2.4 | 10% | 35 |
| New Hampshire | 46 | 9,349.16 | 0.8 | 9% | 36 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 121,590.30 | 9.7 | 8% | 37 |
| California | 3 | 163,696.32 | 10.6 | 6% | 38 |
| Montana | 4 | 147,039.71 | 9.3 | 6% | 39 |
| Vermont | 45 | 9,616.36 | 0.6 | 6% | 40 |
| Idaho | 14 | 83,568.95 | 4.8 | 6% | 41 |
| Maine | 39 | 35,379.74 | 2 | 6% | 42 |
| North Dakota | 19 | 70,698.32 | 3.1 | 4% | 43 |
| Arizona | 6 | 113,990.30 | 4.6 | 4% | 44 |
| Washington | 18 | 71,297.95 | 2.5 | 4% | 45 |
| Utah | 13 | 84,896.88 | 2.5 | 3% | 46 |
| Oregon | 9 | 98,378.54 | 2.8 | 3% | 47 |
| Nevada | 7 | 110,571.82 | 1.9 | 2% | 48 |
| Alaska | 1 | 665,384.04 | 0% | 49 | |
| Hawaii | 43 | 10,931.72 | 0% | 50 | |
| District of Columbia | 68.34 | 0% | 51 |
I know of reported tornadoes in Upstate NY in the 1800s. This ain’t nuthin new.
