What the Weather Did / Compare

Two hazards, side by side

Pick a family for each column and read it across four measures - lives in teal, injuries in the softer teal, the raw count in slate, dollars in bronze. Bars share one scale across the gutter, so a longer bar is genuinely bigger, and every figure is flagged against the average of all twelve families.

Full Full NCEI ingest, the real figures behind the record.

Heat

  • Deaths 6,704
    above average family
  • Injuries 19,214
    above average family
  • Events logged 56,126
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $540M
    below average family

Tornado

  • Deaths 6,408
    above average family
  • Injuries 99,629
    above average family
  • Events logged 80,626
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $78B
    above average family

Winter Weather & Cold

  • Deaths 3,573
    above average family
  • Injuries 14,488
    below average family
  • Events logged 340,638
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $21B
    below average family

Flood & Flash Flood

  • Deaths 3,034
    above average family
  • Injuries 9,087
    below average family
  • Events logged 185,773
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $176B
    above average family

Thunderstorm & High Wind

  • Deaths 2,393
    above average family
  • Injuries 16,144
    above average family
  • Events logged 739,659
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $34B
    below average family

Hurricane & Tropical

  • Deaths 1,762
    below average family
  • Injuries 4,731
    below average family
  • Events logged 12,246
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $250B
    above average family

Rip Current

  • Deaths 1,410
    below average family
  • Injuries 1,016
    below average family
  • Events logged 1,896
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $0M
    below average family

Other

  • Deaths 1,214
    below average family
  • Injuries 3,537
    below average family
  • Events logged 147,711
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $34B
    below average family

Lightning

  • Deaths 1,009
    below average family
  • Injuries 5,819
    below average family
  • Events logged 18,179
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $1.1B
    below average family

Wildfire

  • Deaths 576
    below average family
  • Injuries 2,885
    below average family
  • Events logged 9,454
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $41B
    below average family

Marine & Coastal

  • Deaths 371
    below average family
  • Injuries 561
    below average family
  • Events logged 17,033
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $492M
    below average family

Hail

  • Deaths 29
    below average family
  • Injuries 1,688
    below average family
  • Events logged 420,877
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $37B
    below average family

Heat

  • Deaths 6,704
    above average family
  • Injuries 19,214
    above average family
  • Events logged 56,126
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $540M
    below average family

Tornado

  • Deaths 6,408
    above average family
  • Injuries 99,629
    above average family
  • Events logged 80,626
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $78B
    above average family

Winter Weather & Cold

  • Deaths 3,573
    above average family
  • Injuries 14,488
    below average family
  • Events logged 340,638
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $21B
    below average family

Flood & Flash Flood

  • Deaths 3,034
    above average family
  • Injuries 9,087
    below average family
  • Events logged 185,773
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $176B
    above average family

Thunderstorm & High Wind

  • Deaths 2,393
    above average family
  • Injuries 16,144
    above average family
  • Events logged 739,659
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $34B
    below average family

Hurricane & Tropical

  • Deaths 1,762
    below average family
  • Injuries 4,731
    below average family
  • Events logged 12,246
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $250B
    above average family

Rip Current

  • Deaths 1,410
    below average family
  • Injuries 1,016
    below average family
  • Events logged 1,896
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $0M
    below average family

Other

  • Deaths 1,214
    below average family
  • Injuries 3,537
    below average family
  • Events logged 147,711
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $34B
    below average family

Lightning

  • Deaths 1,009
    below average family
  • Injuries 5,819
    below average family
  • Events logged 18,179
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $1.1B
    below average family

Wildfire

  • Deaths 576
    below average family
  • Injuries 2,885
    below average family
  • Events logged 9,454
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $41B
    below average family

Marine & Coastal

  • Deaths 371
    below average family
  • Injuries 561
    below average family
  • Events logged 17,033
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $492M
    below average family

Hail

  • Deaths 29
    below average family
  • Injuries 1,688
    below average family
  • Events logged 420,877
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $37B
    below average family

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