Weather related fatalities
Select (US) Annual Weather Related Deaths
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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Floods
|
118
|
136
|
68
|
38
|
49
|
49
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Lightning Strikes
|
42
|
44
|
46
|
51
|
44
|
51
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Tornadoes
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68
|
130
|
94
|
43
|
40
|
55
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Temperature Extremes
|
123
|
182
|
509
|
170
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170
|
178
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Hurricanes
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1
|
9
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17
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0
|
24
|
53
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Snow/Ice
|
89
|
76
|
66
|
57
|
33
|
33
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- This data was tabulated from data from the National Climatic Data Center.
This table represents a 6 year period and only a select type of recorded weather events. The data was tabulated from the
NCDC website by running searches on the specified weather events recorded with at least
1 fatality. The yearly timeframes were selected to cover
January 1 to
December 31 of each year for each event type. This table does not provide a comprehensive total of all weather related events.
Also, this is not necessarily a weather event severity comparison, but is more of an indicator of frequency of fatal occurrences for some events. However, it should be noted that the
unexpected leader of fatalities comes from the
Temperature Extremes category. That category includes heat waves as well as cold extremes.
