Weather of 2023

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Storm Daniel, the deadliest weather event of the year, soon after landfall in Libya

The following is a list of

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The 23 weather and climate disaster events in the United States with losses exceeding $1 billion in 2023

Deadliest events

Deadliest meteorological events during 2023
Rank Event Date(s) Deaths (+Missing) Refs
1 Storm Daniel September 4–12 >4,361+ (10,100+ missing) [1][2][3]
2 Cyclone Freddy February 5 – March 14 1,434 [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
3 Cyclone Mocha May 9–15 463 (≥101 missing) [12][13][14]
4 Afghanistan cold snap January 10–17 166 [15]
5 Western North America heat wave May – present >112 [16]
6 North India floods July 10 – present >100 [17]
7 Philippine floods December 18, 2022 – February 5, 2023 97 (+25 missing) [18]
8 São Paulo floods and landslides February 18–23 65 (+58 missing) [19][20]
9 Pakistan floods June 22 – July 6 54 [21]
10 Hurricane Otis October 22–25 ~52 [22][23]

Types

The following listed different types of special weather conditions worldwide.

Cold snaps and winter storms

In January, a cold snap in Afghanistan killed at least 166 people and more than 80,000 livestock.[24] A national low temperature was set in Mohe City, China at −53.0 °C (−63.4 °F), on January 23.[25] Two days later, snow fell in Algeria for the first time in ten years.[26]

Heat waves and droughts

Starting in April 2023, a record-breaking heat wave in Asia has affected multiple countries, including India, China, Laos and Thailand.[27][28]

Tornadoes