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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.

Deadliest events

Deadliest meteorological events during 2024
Rank Event Date(s) Deaths Refs
1 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods March 6 – present 1,084
2 Typhoon Yagi August 31 — September 8 844
3 2024 Wayanad landslides July 30, 2024 420 [1]
4 Hurricane Helene September 24-27 231+ [2][3]
5 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods April 29 – present 181 [4][5]
6 Tropical Storm Trami October 19-29 163+
7 October 2024 Spain floods October 29 – present 161+ [6]
8 2024 Enga landslide May 24 160–2,000+ [7][8]
9 Cyclone Remal May 24–28 84+ [9][10]
10 Hurricane Beryl June 28 – July 11 71 [11][12][13][14]

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.[15]

Heat waves and droughts

The Copernicus Programme reported that 2024 continued 2023's series of record high global average sea surface temperatures.[16]

2024 Southeast Asia heat wave

For the first time, in each month in a 12-month period (through June 2024), Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.50 °C (2.70 °F) above the pre-industrial baseline.[17]

In a near-record heat wave, temperatures in Antarctica reached 28 °C (50 °F) above normal on certain days.[18]

The global average surface temperature in August 2024 was 1.51 °C (2.72 °F) above the pre-industrial level—the 13th month in a 14-month period for which it exceeded the 1.50 °C (2.70 °F) threshold.[19]

As reported in September, Brazil was experiencing its worst drought on record, affecting at least 59% of the country.[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 (105 km/h) 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

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

See also

References

  1. ^ "2024 Wayanad landslides". September 27, 2024 – via Wikipedia.
  2. ^ Sutton, Joe (October 2, 2024). "Helene death toll rises to at least 191". CNN. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  3. ^ Masters, Jeff; Henson, Bob (October 2, 2024). "Helene is now the deadliest mainland U.S. hurricane since Katrina". Yale Climate Connections. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Rio Grande do Sul Flood Emergency: Snapshot #4" (PDF). United Nations. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  6. ^ "Al menos 95 muertos y decenas de desaparecidos en la peor gota fría del siglo en España". El País (in Spanish). 30 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Cyclone Remal: 12 killed, 27 million without power in Bangladesh". Somoy TV. 27 May 2024.
  10. ^ Sun, Daily (2024-05-27). "Cyclone Remal kills 6 people in West Bengal". daily-sun. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Houston, Texas, Beryl Damage And Power Outages | Weather.com". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ a b Flora Drury (February 19, 2024). "Afghanistan: Landslide kills 25 after heavy snow". BBC News. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  16. ^ "Copernicus: March 2024 is the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record". Copernicus Programme (Europe). 9 April 2024.
  17. ^ 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)
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "Copernicus: Summer 2024 – Hottest on record globally and for Europe". The Copernicus Programme. 6 September 2024. Archived from the original on 8 September 2024.
  20. ^ McCoy, Terrence (12 September 2024). "More than half of Brazil is racked by drought. Blame deforestation". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ 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.)
  23. ^ 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)
  24. ^ https://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/Analyse_20240102.gif
  25. ^ 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.
Global weather by year
Preceded by
2023
Weather of
2024
Succeeded by
2025