Weather and climate disasters have become increasingly costly in the United States with billion-dollar events costing an average of ** billion U.S. dollars per year between 2010 and 2019. On average, between 1980 and 2019, these major disasters cost around ** billion U.S. dollars per year. In the three year period between 2017 and 2019, the annual rate was over three times that amount at roughly *** billion U.S. dollars. The most costly weather and climate events in the United States are generally tropical cyclones, which typically hit the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (January 8, 2020). Average annual cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the U.S. between 1980 and 2019, by period (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/1101762/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-costs-per-year/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Average annual cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the U.S. between 1980 and 2019, by period (in billion U.S. dollars)*." Chart. January 8, 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 22, 2026. /statistics/1101762/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-costs-per-year/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2020). Average annual cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the U.S. between 1980 and 2019, by period (in billion U.S. dollars)*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2026. /statistics/1101762/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-costs-per-year/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Average Annual Cost of Billion-dollar Natural Disaster Events in The U.S. between 1980 and 2019, by Period (in Billion U.S. Dollars)*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 8 Jan 2020, /statistics/1101762/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-costs-per-year/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Average annual cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the U.S. between 1980 and 2019, by period (in billion U.S. dollars)* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1101762/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-costs-per-year/ (last visited July 22, 2026)
Average annual cost of billion-dollar natural disaster events in the U.S. between 1980 and 2019, by period (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph], National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, January 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1101762/billion-dollar-climate-disasters-costs-per-year/
