U.S. Billion-Dollars Disaster Events: 1980-2024

Figure

This bar graph shows the number of disasters that cost at 1 billion dollars. Data are represented from 1980 to October of 2024. The number of billion-dollar disasters have increased over time, reaching 28 events in 2023. The total cost of all disasters peaked in 2017 at around 400 billion dollars.

Dataset Excel:

F1-29 BillionDollarsEvents.xlsx (32.81 KB)

Notes:

2024 data are through October.

Source:

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2024). Available at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/ as of November 2024.

Previous Editions:

U.S. Billion-Dollars Disaster Events 1980-2023

Publications:

Transportation Statistics Annual Report Figure 1-29

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U.S. Billion-Dollars Disaster Events: 1980-2024