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Lowest severe-storm days by state

Reported severe-storm days / yr.

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Twenty-year annual average of county days with a reported NOAA severe-storm event. The 2006–2025 calculation includes county-coded Thunderstorm Wind, Hail, or Tornado records; a county-day is counted once even when the storm produces several reports. This is a history of reported significant convective weather, not a count of every thunderstorm, warning, lightning strike, or future risk.

  1. 1Alaska0 days
  2. 2Connecticut0 days
  3. 3Hawaii1 days
  4. 4Washington1 days
  5. 5Oregon1 days
  6. 6California2 days
  7. 7Idaho2 days
  8. 8Rhode Island3 days
  9. 9Vermont4 days
  10. 10Montana4 days
  11. 11New York4 days
  12. 12Maine4 days
  13. 13New Mexico4 days
  14. 14Utah4 days
  15. 15West Virginia5 days
  16. 16New Jersey5 days
  17. 17Wisconsin5 days
  18. 18Louisiana5 days
  19. 19Minnesota5 days
  20. 20New Hampshire5 days
  21. 21Michigan5 days
  22. 22Indiana6 days
  23. 23Kentucky6 days
  24. 24Virginia6 days
  25. 25Iowa6 days
  26. 26District of Columbia6 days
  27. 27Georgia6 days
  28. 28Massachusetts6 days
  29. 29North Dakota6 days
  30. 30Nevada6 days
  31. 31Wyoming7 days
  32. 32Delaware7 days
  33. 33Florida7 days
  34. 34Ohio7 days
  35. 35Colorado7 days
  36. 36Mississippi7 days
  37. 37Arkansas7 days
  38. 38Nebraska7 days
  39. 39Pennsylvania7 days
  40. 40Texas7 days
  41. 41Missouri8 days
  42. 42South Dakota8 days
  43. 43Tennessee8 days
  44. 44Alabama8 days
  45. 45Maryland8 days
  46. 46North Carolina8 days
  47. 47Kansas9 days
  48. 48Illinois9 days
  49. 49Oklahoma10 days
  50. 50South Carolina11 days
  51. 51Arizona13 days
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Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database. · How this is built