Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock () or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Topic: Billion-Dollar Disasters

People cool off and play in water sprayed from a fire hydrant during hot weather in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. New York state — and the continental U.S. — had their warmest year on record in 2024.

2024 was nation’s warmest year on record

January 10, 2025

Focus areas:

Topics:

monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

temperature rankings

People cool off and play in water sprayed from a fire hydrant during hot weather in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. New York state — and the continental U.S. — had their warmest year on record in 2024.

HOUSTON, TEXAS - JULY 8, 2024: A vehicle is left abandoned in floodwater on a highway after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area. Credit: Getty Images.

Nation hit with record heat, wildfires and Hurricane Beryl in July

August 8, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

HOUSTON, TEXAS - JULY 8, 2024: A vehicle is left abandoned in floodwater on a highway after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area. Credit: Getty Images.

May 17, 2024: Photo taken of a severely damaged home the day after a devastating derecho ripped through Houston, Texas. This storm was one of 11 separate billion-dollar disasters to strike the U.S. so far this year.

May 2024 wrapped up a stormy, destructive spring for the U.S.

June 10, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

May 17, 2024: Photo taken of a severely damaged home the day after a devastating derecho ripped through Houston, Texas. This storm was one of 11 separate billion-dollar disasters to strike the U.S. so far this year.

A powerful tornado near Waverly Road in the Lincoln, Nebraska, metro area on April 26, 2024. NOAA's National Weather Service in Omaha, Nebraska, issued 48 tornado warnings that day—the most the office has ever issued in a single day.

U.S. struck with more than 100 tornadoes, heavy snow in April

May 8, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

A powerful tornado near Waverly Road in the Lincoln, Nebraska, metro area on April 26, 2024. NOAA's National Weather Service in Omaha, Nebraska, issued 48 tornado warnings that day—the most the office has ever issued in a single day.

March 15, 2024: An aerial view of homes destroyed by a tornado in Winchester, Indiana. Severe weather and wildfires ravaged parts of the U.S. in March 2024.

March wrapped up nation’s 5th-warmest, 10th-wettest year so far

April 8, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

March 15, 2024: An aerial view of homes destroyed by a tornado in Winchester, Indiana. Severe weather and wildfires ravaged parts of the U.S. in March 2024.

February 18, 2024: Waves roll toward the shore on Lake Michigan in St. Joseph, Michigan.The Great Lakes shorelines are historically ice covered this time of year. Persistent warmth resulted in a steady decrease in ice coverage across the Great Lakes this winter, which reached a historical low of 2.7% on February 11.

The U.S. had its warmest winter on record

March 8, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

February 18, 2024: Waves roll toward the shore on Lake Michigan in St. Joseph, Michigan.The Great Lakes shorelines are historically ice covered this time of year. Persistent warmth resulted in a steady decrease in ice coverage across the Great Lakes this winter, which reached a historical low of 2.7% on February 11.

On September 27, 2023, the VIIRS instrument onboard NOAA’s JPSS satellites captured this GeoColor imagery of Canadian wildfire smoke being pulled across the Atlantic Ocean by two areas of low pressure—one swirling system can be seen in the left of this image and the other, deemed Storm Agnes by the UK Met Office, is on the right near Ireland and the United Kingdom. GeoColor imagery provides a close approximation to what you would see with your naked eye from outer space.

All in a year’s work: ‘Zooming’ into hurricanes, a new underwater vehicle and a fish mystery solved

March 26, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

marine heat waves

Billion-Dollar Disasters

On September 27, 2023, the VIIRS instrument onboard NOAA’s JPSS satellites captured this GeoColor imagery of Canadian wildfire smoke being pulled across the Atlantic Ocean by two areas of low pressure—one swirling system can be seen in the left of this image and the other, deemed Storm Agnes by the UK Met Office, is on the right near Ireland and the United Kingdom. GeoColor imagery provides a close approximation to what you would see with your naked eye from outer space.

Homes damaged by a tornado are seen on March 31, 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Tornados damaged hundreds of homes and buildings across a large part of Central Arkansas. (Photo by Benjamin Krain/Getty Images)

2023: A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters

January 9, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

Billion-Dollar Disasters

Homes damaged by a tornado are seen on March 31, 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Tornados damaged hundreds of homes and buildings across a large part of Central Arkansas. (Photo by Benjamin Krain/Getty Images)

March 31, 2023: Tornado damage in the Walnut Ridge neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas. This tornado, as well as the larger severe weather outbreak associated with it, was one of 28 separate billion-dollar disasters to impact the U.S. in 2023.

U.S. struck with historic number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023

January 9, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

climate reports

monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

March 31, 2023: Tornado damage in the Walnut Ridge neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas. This tornado, as well as the larger severe weather outbreak associated with it, was one of 28 separate billion-dollar disasters to impact the U.S. in 2023.

August 31, 2023: A fallen tree obstructs a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia in Perry, Florida, after the storm made landfall as a major Category 3 hurricane. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on November 30.

November wrapped up 6th-warmest autumn on record for U.S.

December 8, 2023

Focus areas:

Topics:

monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

August 31, 2023: A fallen tree obstructs a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia in Perry, Florida, after the storm made landfall as a major Category 3 hurricane. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on November 30.

Subscribe to Billion-Dollar Disasters