| Top 15 Costliest U.S. Winter Events By Insured Losses, 1980-2017 (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 |
Mar. 13-15, 2010 |
Winter storm, floods |
CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI |
1,700 |
1,200 |
11 |
| 6 |
Apr. 7-11, 2013 |
Winter storm |
CA, IN, KS, MO, NE, SD, WI |
1,500 |
1,200 |
NA |
| 7 |
Dec. 10-13, 1992 |
Winter storm |
CT, DE, NJ, NY, MA, MD, NE, PA, RI, VA |
3,000 |
1,000 |
19 |
| 8 |
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 |
| 9 |
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 |
| 10 |
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 |
| 11 |
Feb. 10-12, 1994 |
Winter damage |
AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA |
3,000 |
800 |
9 |
| 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 |
25 |
| 13 |
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 |
| 14 |
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 |
| 15 |
Feb. 24-25, 2013 |
Blizzard, winter damage |
LA, OK, TX |
1,000 |
690 |
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(1) Costliest 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 Insurance Program losses in the United States and may differ from data shown elsewhere.
NA=Data not available.
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