Weather of 2024
The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2024. The several weather events which had a significant impact were blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.
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NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters in 2024
Deadliest events
| Rank | Event | Date(s) | Deaths (+Missing) | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods | March 6—18 May | 839 | |
| 2 | 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods | April 29–present | 181 | [1][2] |
| 3 | 2024 Enga landslide | 24 May 2024 | 160–2,000+ | [3][4] |
| 4 | Pakistan floods | February 29–present | 100 | [5] |
| 5 | Cyclone Remal | May 24—May 28 | 84+ | [6][7] |
| 6 | Hurricane Beryl | June 28 – July 11 | 64 | [8][9][10][11] |
| 7 | Persian Gulf floods | April 14–17 | 33 | |
| 8 | Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024 | May 19–27 | 31 | [12][13][14][15][16] |
| 9 | January 13–16, 2024 North American winter storm | January 13–16 | 30 | |
| 10 | Afghanistan avalanche | February 19 | 25 | [17] |
Types
The following listed different types of special weather conditions worldwide.
Cold snaps and winter storms
On February 19, following a heavy snow, an avalanche in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province killed 25 people.[17]
Heat waves and droughts
For the first time, in each month in a 12-month period (through June 2024), Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial baseline.[19]
In a near-record heat wave, temperatures in Antarctica reached 28 °C (50 °F) above normal on certain days.[20]
Tornadoes
Tropical and subtropical cyclones
On January 1, Tropical Storm Alvaro made landfall in Madagascar.[citation needed] Alvaro would kill nineteen people.[21] After a lull in activity, Cyclone Belal would form, bringing heavy wind to the islands of Mauritius and Réunion. A few days later, Tropical Storm Candice would form.
Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic (forming 28 June and reaching Category 5 on 1 July),[22] broke records for rapid intensification (65 mph in 24 hours), overall strength, and location for June.[23] It killed 50 people.
Extratropical cyclones and European windstorms
The first European windstorm of 2024 was Storm Henk, which was named by the Met Office on 2 January 2024 and subsequently Annelie by the FUB the same day,[24] due to the threat of very strong winds.[25]
Wildfires
Timeline
This is a timeline of weather events during 2024.
January
- 30 December - 3 January — Tropical Storm Alvaro kills nineteen people.[21]
- January 2-5 — European windstorm Hank (Annelie)
- January 2-6 — 2024 France floods of January
- January 6-7 — January 2024 nor'easter
- January 8-10 — January 8-10, 2024 North American storm complex
- January 10–13, 2024 North American blizzard — Followed very shortly after the previous storm with an identical track and affected the same areas, but brought blizzard conditions and very cold temperatures in its wake.
- January 11-18 — Cyclone Belal
- January 13-16 — January 13-16, 2024 North American winter storm
February
- February 1-5 — 2024 Chile wildfires
- February 11-13 — February 2024 nor'easter
- February 14 - March 6 — 2024 Port Hills fire in New Zealand
- February 19 — an avalanche in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province kills 25 people.[17]
- February 26 – March 14 — Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas and Oklahoma
- February 29-present — Pakistan floods
March
- March 6-present — 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
- March 7-13 — 2024 Sumatra flash floods
- March 11 — 2024 France floods of March 11
- March 25-28 — Cyclone Gamane
- March 31 — 2024 France floods of March 31
April
- April 1-present — 2024 Southeast Asia heat wave
- April 1-30 — 2024 Central Asian floods
- April 4-9 — European windstorm Kathleen (Timea), which caused extensive flooding in the U.K. and, to a lesser degree, in Ireland
- April 5 (or sooner)-present — 2024 Central Asian floods
- April 14-present — 2024 Persian Gulf floods
- April 25-28 — Tornado outbreak of April 26–28, 2024
- April 29-present — 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods in Brazil
May
- May 6-10 — Tornado outbreak of May 6–10, 2024
- May 11-12 — 2024 West Sumatra floods
- May 15-16 — 2024 Houston derecho
- May 15-present — 2024 Canadian wildfires
- May 21-present — 2024 Pakistan heat wave
- May 19-26 — Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024
- May 24 — 2024 Enga landslide
- May 24-28 — Cyclone Remal
- May 30 - June 13 — 2024 Germany floods
- May 30 - June 13 — 2024 Switzerland floods
June
- June 11-14 — June 2024 South Florida floods
- June 15-26 — Post Fire in California
- June 16-19 — 2024 Hajj disaster
- June 17-present — Salt Fire (2024) in New Mexico
- June 17-present — South Fork Fire in New Mexico
- June 17-19 — Tropical Storm Alberto
- June 21-22 — 2024 Switzerland floods of 21-22 June
- June 25-26 — 2024 Switzerland floods of 25-26 June
- June 26-24 — Point Fire (2024) in California
- June 28-July 11 — Hurricane Beryl
- June 29-30 — 2024 Switzerland floods of 29-30 June
- June 30 - July 1 — Tropical Storm Chris
July
- July 2-8 — Thompson Fire in California
- July 6 — 2024 Sulawesi landslide
- July 8-10 — Hurricane Beryl tornado outbreak
- July 19-27 — Typhoon Gaemi
See also
Weather portal
References
- ^ "Defesa Civil atualiza balanço das enchentes no RS - 19/5, 9h". Portal do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). 2024-05-19. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Rio Grande do Sul Flood Emergency: Snapshot #4" (PDF). United Nations. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "Landslide covered village to become cemetery". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 5 June 2024. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ Dziedzic, Stephen (2024-05-31). "'The earth is moving': PNG PM explains why he can't send excavators to site of landslide disaster". ABC News. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ^ "40 lost lives, 62 injured in rain related incidents: PDMA". 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Cyclone Remal: 12 killed, 27 million without power in Bangladesh". Somoy TV. 27 May 2024.
- ^ Sun, Daily (2024-05-27). "Cyclone Remal kills 6 people in West Bengal". daily-sun. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ McLeod, Sheri-kae (5 July 2024). "Hurricane Beryl's death toll in Jamaica climbs to three" (News article). CNW. Caribbean National Weekly. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
These incidents bring Beryl's total confirmed fatalities to at least 12.
- ^ "Houston, Texas, Beryl Damage And Power Outages | Weather.com". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ Hemenway, Chad (2024-07-08). "Insurance Industry Impact From Hurricane Beryl Expected to Be 'Manageable'". Insurance Journal. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "Hurricane Beryl Makes a Mockery of Texas Climate Deniers". Bloomberg.com. 2024-07-09. Archived from the original on July 9, 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ Harris, Tim; Wesner Childs, Jan. "5 Dead, At Least 35 Hurt Following Iowa Tornadoes". The Weather Channel. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ Freedman, Pete; Solomon, Richard (26 May 2024). "Dozens injured and at least two confirmed dead -- so far -- following reported tornado Saturday night, Cooke County Sheriff says". wfaa.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Straker, Renee; Childs, Jan Wesner (May 26, 2024). "Texas Tornado Kills At Least 5; Two Die In Oklahoma Twister | Weather.com". The Weather Channel. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- ^ Faheid, Dalia; Afshar, Paradise; Williams, Ashley; Raffa, Elisa; Sutton, Joe (May 26, 2024). "At least 18 people are dead after tornado-spawning storms strike the central US on Memorial Day weekend". CNN. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ Magramo, Kathleen; Mascarenhas, Lauren; Chowdhury, Maureen; Hammond, Elise; Zerkel, Eric; Gilbert, Mary (May 27, 2024). "At least 23 killed in tornado-spawning storms sweeping central US". CNN. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c Flora Drury (February 19, 2024). "Afghanistan: Landslide kills 25 after heavy snow". BBC News. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ "Copernicus: March 2024 is the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record". Copernicus Programme (Europe). 9 April 2024.
- ^ Berwyn, Bob (9 July 2024). "Average Global Temperature Has Warmed 1.5 Degrees Celsius Above Pre-industrial Levels for 12 Months in a Row". Inside Climate News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. (Copernicus graphic)
- ^ Gayle, Damien; Noor, Dharna (1 August 2024). "Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Madagascar - Tropical Cyclone ALVARO (GDACS, BNGRC, Meteo Madagascar) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 January 2024)". European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via reliefweb.int.
- ^ Gilbert, Mary; Wolfe, Elizabeth (1 July 2024). "Beryl strengthens into the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record after devastating Windward Islands". CNN. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. (Beryl had increased to Category 5.)
- ^ Andrew, Andrew (1 July 2024). "Why Hurricane Beryl is a warning of what is to come this season". Axios. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. (when Beryl was still Category 4)
- ^ https://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/Analyse_20240102.gif
- ^ Staff of the Meteorological Office (2 January 2024). "Storm Henk named by Met Office" (Press release). Met Office. Exeter, South West England: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
External links
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