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dlyselxicssuck t1_j76eik1 wrote

Reply to comment by duplicitea in TIL the UK experiences more tornados per year than any other country in the world relative to its land area. by blr126

Lots of states get very few tornadoes relative to their area so it definitely throws it off. I’ve only had a tornado warning once in the past 29 years.

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duplicitea t1_j76uv5e wrote

Ironically, while Texas gets the most tornadoes of any state on this list, the state is so massive that it is the lowest per square kilometer. It is over 3 times the area of Kansas and nearly 3 times as big as the UK. So it does it fair share of skewing the average.

Furthermore, a state like Alaska, which is 2.5 times the size of Texes really throws off the average with its 1 tornado per year.

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