| Top 15 Costliest U.S. Winter Events By Insured Losses, 1980-2019 (1) |
($ millions)
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Losses when occurred |
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| Rank |
Date |
Event |
Location |
Overall |
Insured (2) |
In 2019 dollars (3) |
Deaths |
| 1 |
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 |
$3,573 |
270 |
| 2 |
Feb. 16-25, 2015 |
Winter storm,
winter damage |
AR, CT, DC, DE, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD,
ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ,NY, OH,
PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT |
2,800 |
2,100 |
2,295 |
39 |
| 3 |
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 |
2,229 |
500 |
| 4 |
Apr. 13-17, 2007 |
Winter storm,
tornado, floods |
CT, DE, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC,
NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, VT, WV |
2,000 |
1,600 |
1,986 |
19 |
| 5 |
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 |
1,865 |
NA |
| 6 |
Dec. 10-13, 1992 |
Winter storm |
CT, DE, NJ, NY, MA, MD, NE,
PA, RI, VA |
3,000 |
1,000 |
1,808 |
19 |
| 7 |
Mar. 1-3, 2018 |
Winter storm |
CT, DE, DC, MD, MA, NJ, NY,
NC, PA, RI, VA |
2,300 |
1,600 |
1,645 |
9 |
| 8 |
Mar. 13-15, 2010 |
Winter storm
(Nor'Easter), floods |
CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI |
1,700 |
1,200 |
1,415 |
11 |
| 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 |
1,404 |
70 |
| 10 |
Feb. 10-12, 1994 |
Winter damage |
AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC,
TN, TX, VA |
3,000 |
800 |
1,399 |
9 |
| 11 |
Apr. 7-11, 2013 |
Winter storm |
CA, IN, KS, MO, NE, SD, WI |
1,500 |
1,200 |
1,324 |
NA |
| 12 |
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 |
1,218 |
25 |
| 13 |
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 |
1,136 |
36 |
| 14 |
Jan. 4-9, 2008 |
Winter storm |
AR, CA, CO, IL, IN, KS, MI, MO,
NE, NY, OH, OK, OR, WA, WI |
1,000 |
750 |
912 |
12 |
| 15 |
Mar. 8-17, 2019 |
Winter storm,
blizzard, flood |
NE, CO, TX, IO, KY, MI, NM,
WI, MO, SD, ND |
4,700 |
800 |
800 |
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(1) Costliest U.S. blizzards and winter storms/damages based on insured losses when occurred, as of June 2020.
(2) Based on property losses including, if applicable, agricultural, offshore, marine, aviation and National Flood 杏吧原创 Program losses in the United States and may differ from data shown elsewhere.
(3) Adjusted for inflation through 2019 by the 杏吧原创 Information Institute using the Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Calculator.
NA=Data not available.
Source: 漏 2020 Munich Re, NatCatSERVICE, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 杏吧原创 Information Insitute. |
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