Billion-dollar disasters

Minnesota Hail Storms

August 11, 2023 · Severe Storm · $1.8 billion in 2024 dollars

One of the severe storm disasters on NOAA’s billion-dollar list: $1.8 billion in losses at 2024 prices ($1.8 billion at the time).

What the offices filed during it

The 107 most significant severe storm episodes filed in these dates, colored by kind.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Losses, 2024 dollars
$1.8 billion
Losses at the time
$1.8 billion
Deaths
0

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

By state, as filed

StateEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage filed
Minnesota11800$14 million
Nebraska4000$14 million
South Carolina1400$2.0 million
Tennessee9201$1.6 million
Michigan700$1.0 million
Pennsylvania11900$985,000
Ohio6100$803,000
North Carolina3400$530,000
Kentucky1200$425,000
Texas2000$387,000
South Dakota5200$235,000
Alabama9100$221,000
Oklahoma2900$123,000
New York6800$114,000
New Mexico800$80,000
Georgia7200$78,000
Missouri2300$47,000
Wisconsin4100$33,000
West Virginia1500$26,000
Mississippi100$25,000
Kansas800$20,000
Arkansas700$14,000
California500$3,000
Indiana200$1,000
Utah300$1,000
Iowa1400
New Jersey1300
North Dakota800
Illinois800
Colorado500
Florida300
Wyoming300
Arizona200

Episode by episode

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Sources

NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.