Texas Tornadoes
| Year |
Tornadoes |
Deathes |
Injuries |
Cost Adjusted |
| 1950 |
20 |
11 |
106 |
11,625,608 |
| 1951 |
15 |
3 |
118 |
8,836,782 |
| 1952 |
13 |
0 |
13 |
984,541 |
| 1953 |
32 |
150 |
834 |
73,462,944 |
| 1954 |
77 |
3 |
129 |
10,757,062 |
| 1955 |
104 |
2 |
63 |
12,703,590 |
| 1956 |
56 |
0 |
11 |
2,041,003 |
| 1957 |
145 |
38 |
489 |
60,045,024 |
| 1958 |
74 |
1 |
53 |
5,801,184 |
| 1959 |
86 |
6 |
64 |
9,481,022 |
| 1960 |
77 |
3 |
73 |
11,073,819 |
| 1961 |
124 |
11 |
278 |
12,517,080 |
| 1962 |
143 |
1 |
57 |
30,215,360 |
| 1963 |
82 |
0 |
6 |
1,622,990 |
| 1964 |
78 |
8 |
132 |
55,196,080 |
| 1965 |
108 |
6 |
96 |
6,052,982 |
| 1966 |
77 |
0 |
11 |
1,787,075 |
| 1967 |
232 |
5 |
44 |
9,228,425 |
| 1968 |
139 |
0 |
15 |
14,745,561 |
| 1969 |
127 |
3 |
67 |
9,298,566 |
| 1970 |
121 |
51 |
736 |
484,141,056 |
| 1971 |
191 |
2 |
178 |
42,994,736 |
| 1972 |
144 |
2 |
63 |
18,593,440 |
| 1973 |
147 |
14 |
212 |
16,302,450 |
| 1974 |
116 |
2 |
61 |
13,994,456 |
| 1975 |
117 |
10 |
58 |
3,142,372 |
| 1976 |
178 |
2 |
62 |
31,403,472 |
| 1977 |
123 |
1 |
59 |
30,901,120 |
| 1978 |
137 |
1 |
0 |
3,844,823 |
| 1979 |
157 |
54 |
1835 |
42,944,000 |
| 1980 |
152 |
1 |
52 |
226,093,168 |
| 1981 |
176 |
1 |
83 |
45,394,976 |
| 1982 |
203 |
13 |
253 |
37,993,808 |
| 1983 |
186 |
8 |
85 |
36,923,760 |
| 1984 |
93 |
2 |
93 |
51,644,496 |
| 1985 |
90 |
4 |
54 |
7,126,861 |
| 1986 |
132 |
3 |
120 |
34,890,240 |
| 1987 |
126 |
42 |
342 |
42,216,016 |
| 1988 |
89 |
1 |
22 |
33,819,968 |
| 1989 |
160 |
1 |
75 |
22,839,712 |
| 1990 |
158 |
2 |
62 |
46,411,200 |
| 1991 |
192 |
1 |
24 |
17,683,744 |
| 1992 |
189 |
0 |
53 |
166,005,264 |
| 1993 |
117 |
2 |
113 |
18,801,376 |
| 1994 |
187 |
4 |
98 |
132,344,496 |
| 1995 |
232 |
3 |
102 |
30,990,832 |
| Total |
5722 |
478 |
7554 |
1,986,918,400 |
| Avg/year |
124 |
10 |
164 |
43,193,872 |
Compared with other States, Texas ranks number 1 for frequency of
Tornadoes, 1 for number of deaths, 1 for injuries and 1 for cost of
damages. When we compare these statistics to other States by the
frequency per square mile, Texas ranks, number 10 for the frequency of
tornadoes, number 16 for fatalities, number 21 for injuries per area
and number 21 for costs per area. Based on data from 1950 - 1995.
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Texas in 1970 had a
population of 11,198,655 and between 1950 and 1995 had 5,722 tornadoes.
This ranks the State number 1 in tornadoes by State. The population in
1970 divided by the number of tornadoes equals 1,957 This ranks Texas
number 8 in the ratio of tornadoes to population. Texas had 478
fatalities between 1950 and 1995. Compared to other states it ranked 1
The risk of death in any one year is 1 in 1,054,267 This ranks Texas as
number 7 for the risk of death by tornado . Between 1950 and 1995 the
state had 7,554 injuries involving tornadoes. This ranks the state
number 1 among the States for injury. The risk of injury in any one
year is one in 66,712 When we divide the population by the number of
injuries, the State ranks number 7 The total cost of tornadoes between
1950 and 1995 was $1,986,918,400.00 This ranks the state number 1 The
cost per person for tornadoes, in the state per year, is $ 3.94 This
ranks the State number 12 In costs for tornadoes per person
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