How many tornadoes hit the United States in an average year?

USA medium Data from 2023

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Answer in tornadoes. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

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1,200 tornadoes

Roughly 1.2K.

The U.S. averages about 1,200 confirmed tornadoes a year, more than the rest of the world combined. The geography is the reason: cold dry air off the Rockies meeting warm wet air off the Gulf of Mexico with nothing in between is a near-perfect tornado factory.

Where this number comes from

Source NOAA National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center
Figure refers to 2023
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Unit tornadoes

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