Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025 totaled $115 billion

Climate Central reports 23 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, causing about $115 billion in damage; January wildfires in Southern California were the costliest single event.

A new Climate Central report counts 23 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States in 2025. Together they caused about $115 billion in damage. January wildfires in Southern California were the single costliest event, and severe storms and tornado outbreaks also contributed substantially. Notably, 2025 had no billion-dollar tropical systems make landfall in the U.S. Key figures: - 23 separate events reached billion-dollar damage, totaling about $115 billion. - January Southern California wildfires were the costliest single event, estimated at $61.2 billion. - For the first time since 2015, no U.S. landfalling hurricanes caused billion-dollar damage in 2025. Summary: The distribution of impacts in 2025 was concentrated in large wildfire losses and widespread severe-weather events, while drought and heat persisted in the West. Undetermined at this time.