Storms of 2024
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in 2024, month by month, kind by kind and state by state. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
2024 on the map
The 600 most significant episodes of 2024, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 69,801
- Deaths
- 1,140
- Injuries
- 1,840
- Damage
- $18 billion
- Episodes
- 9,909
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By month
By kind of event
Deaths, injuries and damage are counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 19,940 | 14 | 50 | $37 million |
| Hail | 8,941 | 11 | 69 | $402 million |
| Flash Flood | 4,661 | 61 | 84 | $1.3 billion |
| High Wind | 3,994 | 4 | 14 | $16 million |
| Winter Weather | 3,557 | 15 | 50 | $3.7 million |
| Drought | 3,473 | 0 | 0 | $25 million |
| Heat | 3,171 | 145 | 76 | $181,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 2,660 | 326 | 140 | $52 million |
| Flood | 2,472 | 20 | 8 | $255 million |
| Heavy Snow | 2,210 | 9 | 29 | $2.0 million |
| Marine Thunderstorm Wind | 2,192 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Tornado | 2,137 | 233 | 797 | $5.7 billion |
| Winter Storm | 2,112 | 24 | 49 | $18 million |
| Strong Wind | 1,311 | 13 | 20 | $2.3 million |
| Heavy Rain | 918 | 2 | 2 | $385,000 |
| Dense Fog | 839 | 19 | 66 | $1.1 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 741 | 26 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 705 | 19 | 25 | |
| Tropical Storm | 544 | 36 | 5 | $916 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 393 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 382 | 4 | 5 | $312,000 |
| Wildfire | 336 | 10 | 57 | $1.2 billion |
| Blizzard | 332 | 13 | 20 | $63 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 279 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 192 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 191 | 7 | 22 | $1.9 million |
| Debris Flow | 171 | 4 | 4 | $4.5 million |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 124 | 0 | 3 | $5.6 million |
| Ice Storm | 113 | 12 | 58 | |
| High Surf | 109 | 5 | 9 | $120,000 |
| Dust Storm | 88 | 1 | 24 | $8.2 million |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 76 | 21 | 93 | $8.0 billion |
| Marine Tropical Storm | 74 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 73 | 63 | 43 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 71 | 0 | 0 | $3.4 million |
| Marine High Wind | 64 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Depression | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 26 | 11 | 11 | $61,000 |
| Marine Hail | 22 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sneakerwave | 15 | 3 | 1 | |
| Marine Hurricane/Typhoon | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 7 | 2 | 3 | $11,000 |
| Sleet | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 5 | 1 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Marine Strong Wind | 3 | 6 | 3 | $1,000 |
| Seiche | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marine Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marine Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lakeshore Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in North Carolina, September 25 to 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, June 26 to 30, 2024
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, July 3 to 12, 2024
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, July 19 to 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, June 9 to 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, July 8 to 12, 2024
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, September 26 to 27, 2024
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, June 5 to 8, 2024
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, October 9 to 10, 2024
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Tennessee, September 25 to 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, June 19 to 22, 2024
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 27 to 28, 2024
- Heat in Nevada, June 21 to 26, 2024
- Heat in Arizona, June 23 to 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, June 3 to 7, 2024
- Tropical Storm in Georgia, September 27, 2024
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 14 to 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, June 22 to 27, 2024
- Heat in Oregon, July 5 to 13, 2024
- Heat in Nevada, July 17 to 19, 2024
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, June 11 to 12, 2024
- Excessive Heat in California, July 2 to 6, 2024
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 16, 2024
- Blizzard and Ice Storm in Oregon, January 11 to 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, July 5 to 7, 2024
The costliest
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Florida, September 25 to 27, 2024
- Hurricane and Tornado in Georgia, September 25 to 27, 2024
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in North Carolina, September 25 to 29, 2024
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, October 9 to 10, 2024
- Tropical Storm in Georgia, September 27, 2024
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, October 9 to 10, 2024
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New Mexico, October 18 to 22, 2024
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 25 to 28, 2024
- Wildfire and High Wind in Texas, February 26 to 29, 2024
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, September 26 to 27, 2024
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 26 to 30, 2024
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Florida, October 9 to 10, 2024
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 11 to 12, 2024
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, May 10, 2024
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 27 to 28, 2024
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Tennessee, September 25 to 29, 2024
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Florida, August 5 to 26, 2024
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 29, 2024
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 27 to 28, 2024
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, September 26 to 27, 2024
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 26, 2024
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 20 to 30, 2024
- Wildfire in Washington, July 1 to 31, 2024
- Wildfire in Washington, August 1 to 31, 2024
- Wildfire in Washington, September 1 to 30, 2024
By state
Events filed in each state in 2024.
- Alabama1,273
- Alaska319
- American Samoa23
- Arizona688
- Arkansas1,246
- California2,588
- Colorado1,896
- Connecticut288
- Delaware83
- District of Columbia28
- Florida1,441
- Georgia1,670
- Guam57
- Hawaii180
- Idaho596
- Illinois2,568
- Indiana1,093
- Iowa2,532
- Kansas2,572
- Kentucky1,754
- Louisiana1,311
- Maine495
- Maryland554
- Massachusetts314
- Michigan701
- Minnesota1,542
- Mississippi1,363
- Missouri2,362
- Montana1,239
- Nebraska2,040
- Nevada490
- New Hampshire263
- New Jersey719
- New Mexico1,068
- New York2,268
- North Carolina1,570
- North Dakota717
- Ohio1,461
- Oklahoma3,504
- Oregon431
- Pennsylvania1,981
- Puerto Rico746
- Rhode Island57
- South Carolina1,127
- South Dakota1,936
- Tennessee1,677
- Texas5,678
- U.S. Virgin Islands27
- Utah524
- Vermont350
- Virginia1,812
- Washington360
- West Virginia1,575
- Wisconsin1,280
- Wyoming803
Coastal and lake waters
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.