US weather disaster costs neared a record high in 2025.

A Climate Central report says the U.S. experienced 23 separate billion‑dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, costing about $115 billion in total, with the LA wildfires the single costliest event at $61.2 billion.

The Climate Central report released Jan. 8 says 2025 was a costly year for U.S. weather and climate disasters. The organization counted 23 separate events that each caused more than $1 billion in damage, totaling about $115 billion. The Los Angeles wildfires in January were the single costliest event at $61.2 billion. Climate Central began maintaining the billion‑dollar disaster database in 2025 after it was no longer run by NOAA. Key findings: - The report lists 23 billion‑dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, totaling roughly $115 billion in damages. - The LA wildfires in January 2025 were the costliest single event on record at $61.2 billion and marked the first time a wildfire was the year’s costliest event. - Severe weather produced a record 21 billion‑dollar events in 2025, concentrated in spring and summer tornado outbreaks and severe thunderstorms across the central U.S. - Climate Central took over stewardship of the billion‑dollar disaster database in 2025 and plans to expand the historic analysis this year to include smaller events down to $100 million. - Since 1980, the U.S. has experienced 426 billion‑dollar disasters, with total costs exceeding $3.1 trillion, according to Climate Central. Summary: The report places 2025 among the years with the highest economic impacts from extreme weather and climate events, even without a landfalling billion‑dollar hurricane. Climate Central now oversees the database and is developing an expansion to capture a wider range of costly events down to $100 million.