NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters in 2024

by The United States National Centers for Environmental Information, a branch of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Event	Type	Begin Date	End Date	Summary	CPI-Adjusted Estimated Cost (in Billions)	Deaths
Southern and Eastern Severe Weather April 2024	Severe Storm	Apr 8, 2024	Apr 11, 2024	Southern and eastern severe weather produced tornadoes, hail and high wind, from Texas to Virginia. The event began with severe hail and high wind impacts across central and eastern Texas, followed by more than 20 tornadoes impacting the Gulf Coast counties of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. There were additional high wind and tornado impacts in North Carolina and Virginia.	$1.5	0
Central Tornado Outbreak and Eastern Severe Weather April 2024	Severe Storm	Apr 1, 2024	Apr 3, 2024	A central tornado outbreak produced more than 85 tornadoes across a three-day period from Oklahoma to West Virginia. This outbreak included 19 EF-0, 52 EF-1 and 14 EF-2 tornadoes, which were most concentrated across the Ohio River Valley on April 1-2. These tornadoes and severe weather impacts across several eastern states caused damage to homes, businesses, vehicles and other infrastructure.	$1.8	3
Central and Southern Severe Weather March 2024	Severe Storm	Mar 13, 2024	Mar 15, 2024	Damaging hail, tornadoes and high wind from severe storms impact many Central and Southern states. Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri were affected by up to baseball-sized hail damaging homes, vehicles, businesses. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio were impacted by hail, high wind and dozens of tornadoes including a deadly EF-3 striking northwest Ohio.	$4.4	3
Southern Severe Weather February 2024	Severe Storm	Feb 10, 2024	Feb 12, 2024	Severe storms produced up to golf ball sized hail across central and eastern Texas causing damage to homes, vehicles and businesses. Additional damage from hail and high winds also occurred in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina.	$1.2	0
Central and Southern Winter Storm and Cold Wave January 2024	Winter Storm	Jan 14, 2024	Jan 18, 2024	A bitterly cold airmass affected numerous central and southern states most including Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Georgia. This long-duration cold wave produced sleet and freezing rain accumulations into the deep south, across much of Mississippi. High winds also pushed wind chills well below zero for many states contributing to dozens of fatalities, many in Tennessee. Damage also occurred to homes, vehicles and businesses from the high winds and frozen precipitation.	$1.3	41
Northwest Winter Storm January 2024	Winter Storm	Jan 12, 2024	Jan 15, 2024	A strong artic front moved across Western Washington and Oregon on January 12 and 13 dropping temperatures below freezing. This allowed freezing rain to impact areas along the coast and the Willamette Valley northward into southwest Washington. Numerous locations including Springfield and the Portland metro area were affected by the icing and strong winds, which caused significant tree damage and power outages. Numerous homes, businesses, vehicles and other infrastructure were damaged.	$1.1	20
Southern Tornado Outbreak and East Coast Storm January 2024	Severe Storm	Jan 8, 2024	Jan 10, 2024	Southern tornado outbreak and east coast storm impacted more than a dozen states. At least 39 preliminary tornadoes were clustered around the Florida Panhandle through the Carolinas while hundreds of high wind reports were scattered up the East Coast reflecting damage to homes, businesses, vehicles and other infrastructure. The strongest tornado was an EF-3 that caused significant damage around Panama City Beach, Florida, after an intense waterspout moved onshore.	$2.7	3