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Thunderstorm Occurrence

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Thunderstorm occurrence in North America

NOAA

Thunderstorms per year in North America: The highest occurrence region (light brown), includes Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Western U.S.(California, Nevada), and northern Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories), have the lowest occurrences (black).

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Thunderstorm Occurrence

100 and above

81–100

71–80

61–70

51–60

41–50

31–40

21–30

11–20

6–10

2–5

1 and below

Alaska
7.66%55.2%19.9%
Arizona
8.64%10.8%6.36%10.3%8.92%4.76%
Utah
6.90%15.9%5.97%
Yukon
7.00%59.8%26.1%7.10%
Northwest Territories
5.77%26.0%42.2%3.09%
District of Columbia
100%
Florida
9.02%56.6%20.8%3.46%
Idaho
5.95%12.1%9.81%31.7%
New Hampshire
94.4%5.56%
Rhode Island
3.91%
Vermont
100%
Washington
1.35%57.1%1.44%
Wyoming
5.38%5.86%13.2%
Nunavut
1.70%21.4%1.54%
Montana
1.73%42.7%23.7%7.99%
Maine
79.8%14.7%5.13%
North Dakota
95.7%4.33%
Kentucky
41.2%58.8%
Nova Scotia
19.0%8.02%
Virginia
5.25%53.9%38.5%2.22%
Delaware
99.2%
Prince Edward Island
98.5%
Saskatchewan
18.8%50.7%20.5%
Mississippi
13.6%19.8%65.6%
West Virginia
97.0%3.04%
Nebraska
38.0%62.0%
Texas
1.43%21.8%34.0%42.5%
Missouri
100%
Louisiana
2.08%60.9%36.6%
North Carolina
16.4%81.1%2.09%
Oregon
7.84%63.3%28.9%
New Brunswick
31.5%64.2%2.38%
Alabama
14.4%11.5%12.9%58.4%
New Mexico
3.65%6.22%12.8%2.01%14.3%
Kansas
100%
Wisconsin
19.7%79.8%
British Columbia
1.59%35.7%19.7%2.10%
Newfoundland and Labrador
2.13%3.18%1.22%
New Jersey
28.5%71.2%
South Carolina
1.10%75.7%23.2%
Michigan
4.25%65.7%11.8%
Alberta
2.96%41.2%52.3%
Connecticut
99.9%
Pennsylvania
14.0%81.5%4.50%
Colorado
13.8%53.9%10.3%3.14%
Nevada
13.2%33.3%53.5%
Massachusetts
91.5%6.67%
Georgia
2.02%11.8%34.0%52.1%
New York
42.9%2.90%
Maryland
11.3%16.7%71.1%
Québec
9.73%2.25%18.5%22.7%14.4%
Manitoba
3.86%21.7%27.1%47.3%
Oklahoma
94.0%6.04%
Tennessee
95.3%4.67%
Ontario
2.04%56.2%35.4%2.08%
California
46.0%7.90%27.9%
Arkansas
100%
South Dakota
61.9%38.1%
Ohio
77.5%20.4%
Indiana
1.92%97.6%
Minnesota
22.5%75.0%2.49%
Iowa
30.7%69.3%
Illinois
38.2%58.7%3.07%
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