Xan Gregg

NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information's list of billion-dollar US weather disasters has been updated for 2023. I made a simple #dataviz of count by year. 2023 had a record number of events, though none individually was in the top 30.

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events/US/1980-2023?disasters%5B%5D=all-disasters

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Summary of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate related disaster research, methodology, and data sources

Feb 17, 2024 at 6:41pmWeb
Show threadXan GreggFeb 17, 2024
And here's a less simple bar chart, coloring each event by the amount of damage (stacking order is by day within year).
Show threadXan GreggFeb 17, 2024

And finally, the chart everyone is waiting for: a packed bar chart of all 371 events. Top 15 are highlighted.

If you're unfamiliar with packed bars, think of it as a treemap with a top-n bar chart friendly layout.

Show threadScott ZeroFeb 17, 2024
@xangregg is this inflation-adjusted?
Show threadXan GreggFeb 17, 2024
@1minus1 Yes, by CPI, and they even add in old events that become billion-dollar events after to the adjustment.