This statistic shows a list of heat waves and cold waves experienced in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by the number of fatalities that occurred as a result. In the deadliest event on record, around 1,260 people lost their lives as a result of a heat wave in 1980 in Missouri and Tennessee.
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). Heat waves and cold waves that caused the most fatalities in the United States from 1900 to 2016* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/237503/deadliest-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Heat waves and cold waves that caused the most fatalities in the United States from 1900 to 2016*." Chart. November 17, 2016. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 26, 2026. /statistics/237503/deadliest-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). Heat waves and cold waves that caused the most fatalities in the United States from 1900 to 2016*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 26, 2026. /statistics/237503/deadliest-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Heat Waves and Cold Waves That Caused The Most Fatalities in The United States from 1900 to 2016*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 17 Nov 2016, /statistics/237503/deadliest-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Heat waves and cold waves that caused the most fatalities in the United States from 1900 to 2016* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/237503/deadliest-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/ (last visited July 26, 2026)
Heat waves and cold waves that caused the most fatalities in the United States from 1900 to 2016* [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: /statistics/237503/deadliest-heat-waves-and-cold-waves-in-the-us/
