Hurricane FAQ – NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

Year Deaths Damage ($ Millions) Unadjusted Adjusted Normalized 1900 8,000 301 1,271 2 37,541 1901 10 1 42 2 904 1902 0 Minor Minor 0 1903 15 1 42 2 9,730 1904 5 2 84 2 1,177 1905 0 Minor Minor 0 1906 298 3 + 127 2 5,739 1907 0 Minor Minor 0 1908 0 Minor Minor 0 1909 406 8 339 2 4,121 1910 30 1 42 2 1,591 1911 17 1 + 42 2 304 1912 1 Minor Minor 0 1913 5 3 127 2 920 1914 0 Minor Minor 0 1915 550 63 2,669 3 33,344 1916 107 33 1,148 5,077 1917 5 Minor Minor 0 1918 34 5 113 516 1919 287 22 447 7,543 1920 2 3 48 514 1921 6 3 61 4,584 1922 0 Minor Minor 0 1923 0 Minor Minor 0 1924 2 Minor Minor 0 1925 6 Minor Minor 0 1926 408 112 2,250 104,908 1927 0 Minor Minor 0 1928 2,500 25 502 19,457 1929 3 1 18 190 1930 0 Minor Minor 0 1931 0 Minor Minor 0 1932 40 8 171 2,558 1933 63 47 1,117 4,892 1934 17 5 108 517 1935 414 12 259 4,469 1936 9 2 45 146 1937 0 Minor Minor 0 1938 600 306 6,148 23,464 1939 3 Minor Minor 0 1940 51 5 105 722 1941 10 8 155 1,410 1942 8 27 457 1,647 1943 16 17 270 2,131 1944 64 165 2,614 33,133 1945 7 80 1,237 9,958 1946 0 5 66 3,162 1947 53 136 1,497 15,196 1948 3 18 180 2,383 1949 4 59 590 8,707 1950 19 36 354 3,958 1951 0 2 17 256 1952 3 3 21 82 1953 2 6 42 37 1954 193 756 5,293 22,844 1955 218 985 6,757 17,204 1956 19 27 175 456 1957 400 152 960 3,186 1958 2 11 69 290 1959 24 23 147 582 1960 65 396 2,537 15,918 1961 46 414 2,664 9,340 1962 3 2 12 55 1963 10 12 75 194 1964 49 515 3,268 9,193 1965 75 1,445 8,921 16,557 1966 54 15 88 215 1967 18 200 1,146 2,673 1968 9 10 54 417 1969 256 1,421 7,201 14,298 1970 11 454 2,171 4,352 1971 8 213 954 1,580 1972 122 2,100 8,858 13,978 1973 5 18 70 123 1974 1 150 512 933 1975 21 490 1,533 2,290 1976 9 100 299 400 1977 0 10 28 42 1978 36 20 49 100 1979 22 3,045 6,769 11,264 1980 2 300 599 1,128 1981 0 25 46 102 1982 0 Minor Minor 36 1983 22 2,000 3,523 5,289 1984 4 66 112 170 1985 30 4,000 6,641 8,567 1986 9 17 27 38 1987 0 8 12 17 1988 6 59 88 115 1989 56 7,670 10,989 13,436 1990 13 57 79 96 1991 16 1,500 2,064 2,234 1992 24 26,500 35,993 43,152 1993 4 57 74 83 1994 38 973 1,222 1,339 1995 29 3,723 4,498 4,860 1996 36 3,600 4,251 4,544 1997 4 100 114 121 1998 23 4,344 5,990 5,484 1999 62 5,532 5,907 6,222 2000 6 27 28 32 2001 45 5,260 6,314 6,254 2002 9 1,220 1,424 1,411 2003 24 3,600 4,007 3,970 2004 60 45,000 46,337 45,000 2005 2,067 120,000 120,000 120,000 2006 0 500 484 — 2007 10 50 48 — 2008 41 25,370 23,013 — 2009 6 0 0 0 2010 11 258 231 — 2011 52 15,800 13,720 — 2012 86 73,550 62,564 — 2013 1 Minor Minor — 2014 0 2 1.6 — 2015 10 17.9 14.8 — 2016 24 10,550 8,584 — 2017 203 140,360 111,832 — 2018 59 49,375 38,401 — 2019 17 7,200 5,500 —