Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) tracked and evaluated climate-related events that had great economic and societal impacts in the U.S. and across the globe from 1980 through 2024.

Disaster categories tracked in the tool were: 

• Drought
• Flooding
• Freeze
• Severe Storm
• Tropical Cyclone
• Wildfire
• Winter Storm 

Users can explore billion-dollar disasters by state or county in interactive maps and graphs.