State Tornado Statistics

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Tornadoes in northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest and central Wisconsin
Background Information	Statistics (1850-Present)	Records (1850-Present)

State Tornado Statistics (1953-1995)*
	Iowa	Minnesota	Wisconsin
Average Per Year	33 (6^th)	17 (19^th)	20 (17^th)
Annual Tornadoes per 10,000 square miles	5.83 (6^th)	2.49 (29^th)	3.59 (19^th)
Killer Tornadoes	26 (20^th)	31 (16^th)	28 (18^th)
Tornado Deaths	60 (22^nd)	81 (20^th)	81 (19^th)
* Statistics Came from Thomas P. Grazulis Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991