Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm in United States of America
United States of America: Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm was 1 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
1
Change on year
down 94.7%
World rank
32nd
of 112 countries
All-time high
27
in 1992
All-time low
1
in 2025
Years of data
46
1980–2025
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm in United States of America, 1980–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm in United States of America is 1, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of down 94.7% on the previous year and down 94.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm in United States of America peaked at 27 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2025.
That places United States of America 32nd out of 112 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 3 | — |
| 1981 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11 | +266.7% |
| 1983 | 6 | -45.5% |
| 1984 | 11 | +83.3% |
| 1985 | 10 | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 2 | -80.0% |
| 1987 | 8 | +300.0% |
| 1988 | 18 | +125.0% |
| 1989 | 16 | -11.1% |
| 1990 | 15 | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 17 | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 27 | +58.8% |
| 1993 | 20 | -25.9% |
| 1994 | 9 | -55.0% |
| 1995 | 10 | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 9 | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 23 | +155.6% |
| 1998 | 20 | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 16 | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 12 | -25.0% |
| 2001 | 17 | +41.7% |
| 2002 | 15 | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 14 | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 12 | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 8 | -33.3% |
| 2006 | 12 | +50.0% |
| 2007 | 13 | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 14 | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 10 | -28.6% |
| 2010 | 12 | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 14 | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 19 | +35.7% |
| 2013 | 15 | -21.1% |
| 2014 | 13 | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 19 | +46.2% |
| 2016 | 16 | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 17 | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 11 | -35.3% |
| 2019 | 14 | +27.3% |
| 2020 | 19 | +35.7% |
| 2021 | 23 | +21.1% |
| 2022 | 18 | -21.7% |
| 2023 | 16 | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 19 | +18.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | -94.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.8 | 2 | 18 | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.6 | 9 | 27 | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.7 | 8 | 17 | 10 |
| 2010s | 15 | 11 | 19 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16 | 1 | 23 | 6 |
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More climate change data for United States of America
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 4.1% (2100)
- Urban population 80.2% (2025)
- Urban population 274.08 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Population, total 341.79 million (2025)
- Population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 6,164 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 1.95 (2024)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 14.2 tonnes per person (2024)
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change 20.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm in United States of America?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm in United States of America was 1 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 27 in 1992.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2025.
- How does United States of America rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm?
- United States of America ranks 32nd out of 112 countries with data for 2025.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 94.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm, Number (Not Applicable). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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