Extreme Weather Events by State

Number of extreme weather events causing more than $1 billion in economic losses

The maps show the increasing frequency of billion dollar events –it does not indicate that each state impacted by multi-state extreme weather events has suffered $1 billion in losses for each event.

Click on each state in the maps to see the number of weather events causing more than $1 billion in economic losses by decade.

Compare the impacts by state and by decade: explore the tables with the total number of events and the totals by type of event .

Last decade (2007-2016)

0 events

1-5 events

6-10 events

11-15 events

16-20 events

21-25 events

26-30 events

31-35 events

> 40 events

1990s

0 events

1-5 events

6-10 events

11-15 events

1980s

0 events

1-5 events

6-10 events

11-15 events

Compare the total number of extreme weather events causing more than $1 billion in economic losses by state, in the 1980s, the 1990s and the last decade (2007-2016):


State	1980s	1990s	Last decade
Alabama	9	9	23
Alaska	0	0	3
Arizona	1	1	12
Arkansas	8	6	23
California	2	6	14
Colorado	4	4	22
Connecticut	3	3	9
Delaware	1	1	7
Florida	4	10	10
Georgia	5	9	27
Hawaii	0	1	0
Idaho	2	2	13
Illinois	6	6	30
Indiana	3	5	23
Iowa	5	4	21
Kansas	6	7	33
Kentucky	5	5	22
Louisiana	12	9	16
Maine	1	2	2
Maryland	3	5	19
Massachusetts	3	4	6
Michigan	2	2	12
Minnesota	3	6	12
Mississippi	10	8	20
Missouri	7	6	29
Montana	3	3	11
Nebraska	4	3	16
Nevada	2	2	10
New Hampshire	1	3	4
New Jersey	2	4	15
New Mexico	0	2	13
New York	2	5	19
North Carolina	7	13	23
North Dakota	3	2	5
Ohio	3	7	18
Oklahoma	6	9	35
Oregon	2	4	12
Pennsylvania	3	7	23
Puerto Rico	1	2	0
Rhode Island	2	3	5
South Carolina	7	10	18
South Dakota	4	4	8
Tennessee	5	8	26
Texas	9	13	48
Utah	2	1	7
Vermont	1	3	3
Virginia	7	7	22
Washington	1	4	10
West Virginia	2	5	7
Wisconsin	2	2	13
Wyoming	2	0	10

Compare the number of droughts, wildfires, severe storms, hurricanes and flooding causing more than $1 billion in economic losses by state, in the 1980s, the 1990s and the last decade (2007-2016):

State	Drought			Wildfire			Severe Storm			Hurricane			Flooding
State	1980s	1990s	Last decade	1980s	1990s	Last decade	1980s	1990s	Last decade	1980s	1990s	Last decade	1980s	1990s	Last decade
Alabama	4	3	5	0	0	1	2	3	12	2	3	4	1	0	1
Alaska	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arizona	0	0	5	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Arkansas	4	2	4	0	0	0	2	3	14	0	0	2	2	1	3
California	0	0	8	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Colorado	1	1	4	0	1	5	3	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	2
Connecticut	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	2	3	0	0	1
Delaware	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
Florida	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	3	4	2	4	2	1	0	0
Georgia	3	3	5	0	0	2	2	4	16	0	2	2	0	0	2
Hawaii	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Idaho	1	0	7	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Illinois	3	1	3	0	0	0	3	4	23	0	0	1	0	1	3
Indiana	1	1	4	0	0	0	2	3	15	0	0	1	0	1	3
Iowa	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	2	15	0	0	0	0	1	3
Kansas	3	2	6	0	0	0	3	4	24	0	0	0	0	1	3
Kentucky	3	1	4	0	0	0	2	4	16	0	0	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	4	6	3	2	4	2	1	4
Maine	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Maryland	1	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	2	3	0	0	2
Massachusetts	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	1
Michigan	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	2
Minnesota	2	1	4	0	0	1	1	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	1
Mississippi	4	2	5	0	0	0	2	4	11	2	1	3	2	1	1
Missouri	4	1	3	0	0	0	3	4	21	0	0	1	0	1	4
Montana	2	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	1
Nebraska	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	11	0	0	0	0	1	2
Nevada	1	0	5	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
New Hampshire	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0
New Jersey	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	1	3	0	0	2
New Mexico	0	1	6	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
New York	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	3	11	1	2	3	0	0	2
North Carolina	3	3	5	0	0	2	2	5	12	2	5	3	0	0	1
North Dakota	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Ohio	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	4	11	0	1	2	0	0	2
Oklahoma	2	3	6	0	0	4	4	5	23	0	0	0	0	1	2
Oregon	0	1	6	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Pennsylvania	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	3	16	1	2	3	0	0	1
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Rhode Island	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	1
South Carolina	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	12	1	4	1	0	0	2
South Dakota	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	1
Tennessee	4	3	4	0	0	1	1	4	18	0	1	1	0	0	2
Texas	3	2	6	0	1	5	4	7	32	2	0	2	0	3	3
Utah	1	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Vermont	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Virginia	3	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	12	2	3	4	0	0	2
Washington	0	1	5	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
West Virginia	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
Wisconsin	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wyoming	1	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2017). https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions