Billion-Dollar Weather And Climate Disasters

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

U.S. disaster cost assessments of the total, direct losses ($) inflicted by: tropical cyclones, inland floods, drought & heat waves, severe local storms (i.e., tornado, hail, straight-line wind damage), wildfires, crop freeze events and winter storms. Dataset also contains summary, time and location of disaster events.

Features:

Event: Disaster Type, Location and Date
Begin Date: Disaster Event Begin Date
End Date: Disaster Event End Date
Deaths: Number of deaths in disaster
CPI-Adjusted Estimated Cost (in Billions): Estimated Disaster Cost (*Exceeds $1 billion-dollar threshold after 2021 Consumer Price Index adjustment)
Summary: Summary of Disaster Event Details

Data Source:

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/