| TOP 15 MOST COSTLY U.S. WINTER EVENTS BY INSURED LOSSES, 1980-2015 (1) |
($ millions)
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Losses when occurred |
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| Rank |
Date |
Event |
Location |
Overall |
Insured (2) |
Deaths |
| 1 |
Feb. 16-25, 2015 |
Winter storm, winter damage |
CT, DC, DE, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT |
$2,800 |
$2,100 |
39 |
| 2 |
Mar. 11-14, 1993 |
Blizzard |
AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV |
5,000 |
2,000 |
270 |
| 3 |
Jan. 5-8, 2014 |
Winter damage, cold wave |
AL, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI |
2,500 |
1,700 |
NA |
| 4 |
Apr. 13-17, 2007 |
Winter storm, tornadoes, floods |
CT, DE, DC, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, VT, WV |
2,000 |
1,600 |
19 |
| 5 |
Apr. 7-11, 2013 |
Winter storm |
CA, IN, KS, MO, NE, SD, WI |
1,500 |
1,200 |
NA |
| 6 |
Dec. 10-13, 1992 |
Winter storm |
CT, DE, NJ, NY, MA, MD, NE, PA, RI, VA |
3,000 |
1,000 |
19 |
| 7 |
Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2011 |
Winter storm, snowstorms, winter damage |
CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MO, NY, OH, PA, RI, TX, WI |
1,300 |
980 |
36 |
| 8 |
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 |
| 9 |
Jan. 17-20, 1994 |
Winter damage, cold wave |
CT, DE, IN, IL, KY, MA, ME, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV |
1,000 |
800 |
70 |
| 10 |
Feb. 10-12, 1994 |
Winter damage |
AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA |
3,000 |
800 |
9 |
| 11 |
Jan. 1-4, 1999 |
Winter storm |
AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MO, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NJ, NY,OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV |
1,000 |
780 |
25 |
| 12 |
Jan. 4-9, 2008 |
Winter storm |
AR, CA, CO, IL, IN, KS, MI, MO, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, WA, WI |
1,000 |
750 |
12 |
| 13 |
Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 1996 |
Winter damage |
AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI |
1,500 |
740 |
16 |
| 14 |
Feb. 24-25, 2013 |
Blizzard, winter damage |
LA, OK, TX |
1,000 |
690 |
1 |
| 15 |
Oct. 28-31, 2011 |
Winter storm, winter damage |
CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA |
900 |
670 |
28 |
(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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