Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Weather Quiz





Which state averages the most tornadoes in a given year?

A. Texas


B. Kansas


C. Florida


D. Illinois




Answer to question from July 14th:

The presence of any of the above (hail 1” in diameter or greater, wind gusts of at least 58 mph or a tornado) would make a thunderstorm “severe.”  So while no single answer is wrong per se, the correct answer is “D – all of the above” since they would all make a thunderstorm “severe.”

3 comments:

  1. I would assume Texas has the most tornados a year. Was curious, separately, about why hurricanes are called cyclones in Asia. Are they the same weather phenomenon, and if so, why the different term in use?

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  2. I say Kansas has more tornados!

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  3. Texas and Kansas are actually one and two respectively in terms of highest annual average number of tornadoes.

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