| THE FIFTEEN MOST COSTLY U.S. WINTER EVENTS BY INSURED LOSSES, 1980-2013 (1) |
($ millions)
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Losses when occurred |
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| Rank |
Date |
Event |
Location |
Overall |
Insured (2) |
Deaths |
| 1 |
Mar. 11-14, 1993 |
Blizzard |
24 states affected |
$5,000 |
$1,980 |
270 |
| 2 |
Apr. 13-17, 2007 |
Winter storm, tornadoes, floods |
Northeast, Southeast, South, CT; DE; D.C.; GA; LA; MA; MD; ME; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; SC; TX; VA; VT; WV |
2,000 |
1,575 |
19 |
| 3 |
Apr. 7-11, 2013 |
Winter storm |
CA; IN; KS; MO; NE; SD; WI |
1,500 |
1,200 |
NA |
| 4 |
Dec. 10-13, 1992 |
Winter storm |
Northeast, Midwest, VA; MD; DE; PA; NJ; NY; CT; RI; MA; NE |
3,000 |
1,000 |
19 |
| 5 |
Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2011 |
Winter storm, snowstorms, winter damage |
TX; CT; MA; IL; NY; OK; OH; PA; RI; IN |
1,300 |
975 |
36 |
| 6 |
Dec. 17-30, 1983 |
Winter damage, cold wave |
FL; GA; ID; IL; IN; IA; KS; KY; LA; MD; MA; MI; MN; MS; MO; MT; NE; NJ; NY; NC; ND; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; WA; WV; WI; WY |
1,000 |
880 |
500 |
| 7 |
Jan. 17-20, 1994 |
Winter damage, cold wave |
PA; NJ; NY; OH; MA; IN; NC; VA; WV; KY; MD; NH; DE; ME; RI; VT; CT; IL; TN; SC |
1,000 |
800 |
70 |
| 8 |
Feb. 10-12, 1994 |
Winter damage |
South, Southeast, TX; OK; AR; LA; MS; AL; TN; GA; SC; NC; VA |
3,000 |
800 |
9 |
| 9 |
Jan. 1-4, 1999 |
Winter storm |
South, Midwest, Southeast, Northeast, TX; OK; AR; MO; LA; MS; AL; GA; FL; SC; NC; TN; IL; IN; OH; PA; WV; VA; MD; DE; NJ; NY; CT; RI; MA; ME |
1,000 |
775 |
25 |
| 10 |
Jan. 4-9, 2008 |
Winter storm |
South, Southwest, Midwest, North, Northeast, Northwest, AR; CA; CO; IL; IN; KS; MI; MO; NY; OH; OK; OR; WA; WI; NV |
1,000 |
745 |
12 |
| 11 |
Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1996 |
Winter damage |
31 states affected |
1,500 |
735 |
16 |
| 12 |
Feb. 24-25, 2013 |
Blizzard, winter damage |
LA; OK; TX |
1,000 |
690 |
1 |
| 13 |
Oct. 28-31, 2011 |
Winter storm, winter damage |
CT; NJ; MA; NY; PA; NH |
900 |
665 |
28 |
| 14 |
Jan. 6-9, 1996 |
Snowstorm |
Midwest, Northeast |
1,200 |
600 |
85 |
| 15 |
Feb. 9-14, 2010 |
Winter storm, blizzards, winter damage |
VA; KY; SC; MS; MD; DC; DE; PA; NJ; NY; RI; MA; OH; IL; IA; TX; OK; NC; WV |
800 |
600 |
NA |
(1) Most costly U.S. blizzards and winter storms/damages based on insured losses when occurred.
(2) Based on property losses including, if applicable, agricultural, offshore, marine, aviation and National Flood ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Program losses in the United States and may differ from data shown elsewhere.
NA=Data not available.
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