U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters in 2025

Summary

Research by Climate Central shows that during 2025, there were 23 individual weather and climate disasters with at least $1 billion in damages. This was the third-highest count of billion-dollar disasters (inflation-adjusted to 2025 dollars) since 1980, trailing only 2023 and 2024, with 28 and 27 events, respectively. The total, direct cost of these 23 events in 2025 was approximately $115.0 billion, with 276 direct and indirect fatalities.

This report summarizes the costliest events of 2025 and puts them in the context of historical trends in billion-dollar disasters since 1980. We also explore the influence of our growing exposure, vulnerability, and climate change on the increasing trend of these expensive and deadly disasters.

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