Weather Fatalities

Fatalities

Year	Light- ning	Tor- nado	Flood	Hurri- cane	Earth- quake	Heat	Cold	Winter	Hail
1940	340	65	60	51
1941	388	53	47	10
1942	372	384	68	8
1943	432	58	107	16
1944	419	275	33	64
1945	268	210	91	7
1946	231	78	28	0
1947	338	313	55	53
1948	256	140	82	3
1949	249	212	48	4
1950	219	70	93	19
1951	248	34	51	0
1952	212	230	54	3	12
1953	145	515	40	2
1954	220	36	55	193
1955	181	126	302	218
1956	149	83	42	21
1957	180	191	82	395
1958	104	66	47	2
1959	183	58	25	24
1960	129	47	169	65
1961	149	51	93	46
1962	153	28	53	4
1963	165	31	41	11
1964	129	73	142	49	131
1965	149	296	188	75
1966	110	98	56	54
1967	88	114	53	18
1968	129	131	57	9
1969	131	66	445	256
1970	122	72	131	11
1971	122	156	68	8	65
1972	94	27	555	121
1973	124	87	178	5
1974	102	361	111	1
1975	91	60	127	4
1976	74	44	193	9
1977	98	43	210	0
1978	88	53	125	36
1979	63	83	121	22
1980	74	28	82	4
1981	66	24	84	0
1982	77	64	155	0
1983	77	34	204	22
1984	67	122	126	4
1985	74	93	166	30
	Light- ning	Tor- nado	Flood	Hurri- cane	Earth- quake	Heat	Cold	Winter	Hail
1986	68	15	94	11		40	69
1987	88	59	70			38	30
1988	68	32	31	9		41	17	55
1989	67	50	85	38	67	6	121	63
1990	74	53	142			32	13	48
1991	73	39	61	19		36	13	45
1992	41	39	62	27	1	8	14	59
1993	43	33	103	2		20	18	66
1994	69	69	91	9	60	29	52	29
1995	85	30	80	17		1,021	22	17
1996	52	25	131	37		36	62	86	1
1997	42	67	118	1		81	51	90
1998	44	130	136	9		173	11	68	1
1999*	43	92	40	16		497	6	40
	Light- ning	Tor- nado	Flood	Hurri- cane	Earth- quake	Heat	Cold	Winter	Hail
Total	8736	6216	6687	2152	138	2058	400	765	2
30-Yr.Average (1970-99):	76	69	129	16	6
10-Yr.Average (1990-1999):	57	58	96	14	6	193	26	55	0.2

Source: Severe Weather Fatalities Lightning Tornado Flood ... (pdf) at NOAA
Earthquake data added.

Damage Cost

Year Lightning Tornado Flood Hurricane Heat Cold Winter Hail Damage
Costs (M)

1988 $38.9 $467.9 $115.6 $58.4 $1.6 $1.5 $107.7 $370.6 $6,151.5

1989 71.8 1,088.2 644.5 7,772.9 2.2 1,901.6 159.3 277.1 $13,816.1

1990 41.2 668.2 1,750.0 0.0 3.0 1,314.1 621.3 716.3 $6,021.8

1991 25.1 798.2 847.2 1,164.1 0.8 223.0 513.8 411.8 $6,203.4

1992 16.0 764.7 690.9 33,611.3 21.2 458.3 28.0 532.9 $38,395.4

1993 32.5 368.4 21,289.4 15.0 75.4 341.2 602.6 336.9 $28,431.3

1994 47.8 518.8 920.4 426.4 1.0 50.7 1,143.2 165.4 $4,441.0

1995 33.1 410.8 1,250.5 5,932.3 456.9 633.4 110.5 1,449.3 $11,383.1

1996 34.5 732.1 2,535.3 1,787.0 0.0 283.3 311.4 793.3 $7,975.4

1997 40.6 736.5 7,027.5 875.4 0.0 308.4 774.0 401.0 $10,785.6

1998 41.1 1,736.2 2,642.9 4,127.9 0.0 683.2 528.3 1,514.4 $16,110.5

1999* 31.7 1,978.6 1,655.7 1,754.6 3.3 157.2 59.5 600.6 $8,216.3

Total $454.3 $10,268.6 $41,370 $57,525 $565 $6,356 $4560 $7569.7 $157,931.4

10-Yr. Avg. (1990-1999):$34.4 $871.3 $4,059.8 $4,969.4 $56.2 $445.3 $469.3 $692.2 $13,796.38

By Sub-Category - Fatalities

Weather Event 2000 2001 2002 2003 Aver.

Convection

Lightning 51 44 51 44 48

Tornado 41 40 55 54 48

Thunderstorm & High Wind 25 17 17 19 20

Hail 2 0 0 0 1

Extreme Temperatures

Cold 26 4 11 20 15

Heat 158 166 167 36 132

Flood

Flash Flood 30 35 38 66 42

River Flood 3 11 7 18 10

Small Stream/Urban Flood 5 2 4 1 3

Marine

Coastal Storm 29 53 11 14 27

Tsunami 0 0 0 0 0

Rip Current 43 41 42

Tropical Cyclones

Tropical Storm/Hurricane 0 24 51 14 22

Winter

Winter Storm 41 18 17 27 26

Ice 0 0 0 0

Avalanche 16 15 15 9 14

Other

Drought 0 0 0 0 0

Dust Storm 1 0 2 2 1

Dust Devil 0 0 0 1 0

Rain 4 3 1 5 3

Fog 10 7 19 0 9

High Wind 26 14 28 24 23

Waterspout 2 0 0 0 1

Fire Weather 3 5 1 0 2

Mud Slide 0 0 0 1 0

Volcanic Ash 0 0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous 3 6 2 27 10

TOTAL 476 464 540 423 476

Total Injuries 2796 2718 3090 2913 2879

Property Damage (B) 5.6 10 4.3 10.3 $7.6

Crop Damage (B) 3.3 1.8 1.4 1.1 $1.9

Total Damage 9 11.8 5.7 11.4 $9.5

Includes Territories such as Guam
Source: Summary of Natural Hazard Statistics for 2000 in the United States, National Weather Service (NWS) report - 205.156.54.206/om/severe_weather/sum00.pdf, 2001 at www.nws.noaa.gov/om/severe_weather/sum01.pdf, 2002

last updated 14 June 2004