The tornado season for 2020 has been anything but typical, and that goes hand-in-hand with the Coronavirus pandemic which has altered social norms across the world.
The Deep South region has had more active weather this year than the Central Plains, which didn’t rack up the number of tornadoes that usually occur in an average season.
According to the Storm Prediction Center annual summary of severe weather, at least 112 twisters were reported in 2020 in Mississippi ranking them #1 in the U.S. That’s nearly 3 times the number of tornadoes that hit the state in an average year. In second place is Texas which has had nearly 100 reported tornadoes. Alabama, Georgia and Illinois land in in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th spot.
Kansas and Oklahoma which are known for a busy spring storm season were outdone by the state of Nebraska. Residents in Husker territory tallied 35 tornado reports while both Kansas and Oklahoma had less than 30. There are 9 areas that have yet to receive any reports of a tornado. West Virginia, Idaho, Nevada, District of Columbia, Vermont, Rhode Island, Hawaii and Alaska so far have 0.