This statistic shows the most severe heat waves and cold waves in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by the amount of economic damage caused. The cold wave that hit the East of the U.S. in 1977 caused approximately 2.8 billion U.S. dollars worth of damage.
Economic damage caused by heat waves and cold waves in the United States from 1900 to 2016
(in million U.S. dollars)
Type, Year, Location
Damage in million U.S. dollars
Heat wave, 1998, AZ, FL, CO, TX, OK, Los Angeles
4,275
Cold wave, 1977, East
2,800
Cold wave, 2014, NY, MN GA, Philadelphia, Baltimore, AK, AL, MS, LA, NC, SC, Atlanta, OH, IN, IL, PA, MI, NJ, VA, KY, MO
2,500
Heat wave, 1980, Kansas City, MO, St Louis, Memphis, TN
2,000
Heat wave, 1986, NC, SC, AL, GA, VA, MD
1,750
Cold wave, 2009, TX, PA, OK, KY, MO, AR, Washington DC
1,100
Heat wave, 1999, IL, MO, WI, OH, SC, OK, KY, IN, TN, NC, KS, GA, AR, MD, NE, NY, PA, LA, MI, MN, AL
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). Economic damage caused by heat waves and cold waves in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/237517/most-economic-damage-caused-by-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic damage caused by heat waves and cold waves in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237517/most-economic-damage-caused-by-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). Economic damage caused by heat waves and cold waves in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237517/most-economic-damage-caused-by-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic Damage Caused by Heat Waves and Cold Waves in The United States from 1900 to 2016 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/237517/most-economic-damage-caused-by-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Economic damage caused by heat waves and cold waves in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/237517/most-economic-damage-caused-by-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Economic damage caused by heat waves and cold waves in the United States from 1900 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/237517/most-economic-damage-caused-by-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
