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As we enter late summer and early fall , severe summer weather season is on the downswing . And while Kansas is traditionally a summer tornado hotspot in the entire U . S ., it might have a new competitor this year : Iowa .
According to a recent article in Farm Forum by Victoria Reyna-Rodriguez , Iowa may take the lead this summer for the most tornadoes in America in 2024 .
“ Texas is leading the list with 142 reported tornadoes this year , followed by Nebraska at 129 and Iowa third with 126 preliminary tornadoes ,” she said . That was as of late July .
With Midwestern states annually vying for the tornado capital , Iowa has appeared as a potential leader for the summer of 2024 . “ The weather pattern this year just really supported a storm track that was sort of through the Plains into the upper Midwest ,” said Dan Depodwin , senior director of forecasting operations at AccuWeather . “ You had that clash of air masses between colder , drier air coming down from Canada and warmer moist air coming up from the Gulf of Mexico . Combine
that with significant changing in wind direction and we had many days that were pretty conducive for tornadoes .”
Finalized tornado numbers won ’ t be available until the end of the year , but as of early August , Iowa was a contender .
Here are the last few times Iowa reached more than 100 tornadoes in a year , according to the
Dakota Digest
National Weather Service :
• 2024 -- 126 , as of July 22 ,
2024
• 2021 -- 121
• 2004 -- 121
• 2008 -- 105
• 2001 -- 105
For the record , North Dakota averages about 30 tornadoes during the summer season , South Dakota about 40 .
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