60-Year List of Severe Weather Fatalities
Year 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999* Total Lightning Fatalities 340 388 372 432 419 268 231 338 256 249 219 248 212 145 220 181 149 180 104 183 129 149 153 165 129 149 110 88 129 131 122 122 94 124 102 91 74 98 88 63 74 66 77 77 67 74 68 88 68 67 74 73 41 43 69 85 52 42 44 43 8736 Tornado Fatalities 65 53 384 58 275 210 78 313 140 212 70 34 230 515 36 126 83 191 66 58 47 51 28 31 73 296 98 114 131 66 72 156 27 87 361 60 44 43 53 83 28 24 64 34 122 93 15 59 32 50 53 39 39 33 69 30 25 67 130 92 6216 Flood Fatalities 60 47 68 107 33 91 28 55 82 48 93 51 54 40 55 302 42 82 47 25 169 93 53 41 142 188 56 53 57 445 131 68 555 178 111 127 193 210 125 121 82 84 155 204 126 166 94 70 31 85 142 61 62 103 91 80 131 118 136 40 6687 Hurricane Fatalities 51 10 8 16 64 7 0 53 3 4 19 0 3 2 193 218 21 395 2 24 65 46 4 11 49 75 54 18 9 256 11 8 121 5 1 4 9 0 36 22 4 0 0 22 4 30 11 0 9 38 0 19 27 2 9 17 37 1 9 16 2152 Heat Fatalities Cold Fatalities Winter Fatalities Hail Fatalities
40 38 41 6 32 36 8 20 29 1,021 36 81 173 497 2058
17 121 13 13 14 18 52 22 62 51 11 6 400
69 30 55 63 48 45 59 66 29 17 86 90 68 40 765
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
30-Yr. Average (1970-99): 76 10-Yr.Average (1990-1999): 57 * Preliminary statistics
69
129
16
58
96
14
193
26
55
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All Hazard Damage Costs ($ Millions)
All Hazard
Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999* Total
Lightning $ 38.9 71.8 41.2 25.1 16.0 32.5 47.8 33.1 34.5 40.6 41.1 31.7 $454.3
Tornado Flood Hurricane $467.9 $115.6 $58.4 1,088.2 644.5 7,772.9 668.2 1,750.0 0.0 798.2 847.2 1,164.1 764.7 690.9 33,611.3 368.4 21,289.4 15.0 518.8 920.4 426.4 410.8 1,250.5 5,932.3 732.1 2,535.3 1,787.0 736.5 7,027.5 875.4 1,736.2 2,642.9 4,127.9 1,978.6 1,655.7 1,754.6 $10,268.6 $41,370 $57,525
Heat $1.6 2.2 3.0 0.8 21.2 75.4 1.0 456.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 $565
Cold $1.5 1,901.6 1,314.1 223.0 458.3 341.2 50.7 633.4 283.3 308.4 683.2 157.2 $6,356
Winter $107.7 159.3 621.3 513.8 28.0 602.6 1,143.2 110.5 311.4 774.0 528.3 59.5 $4560
Hail $370.6 277.1 716.3 411.8 532.9 336.9 165.4 1,449.3 793.3 401.0 1,514.4 600.6 $7569.7
Damage Costs (M) $6,151.5 $13,816.1 $6,021.8 $6,203.4 $38,395.4 $28,431.3 $4,441.0 $11,383.1 $7,975.4 $10,785.6 $16,110.5 $8,216.3 $157,931.4
10-Yr. Avg. ( 1 9 9 0 - 1 9 9 9 ): $34.4 * Preliminary statistics
$871.3
$4,059.8
$4,969.4
$56.2
$445.3
$469.3
$692.2
$13,796.38