Weather of 2024
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.
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Deadliest events
Rank | Event | Date(s) | Deaths (+Missing) | Refs |
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1 | 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods | March 6—18 May | 741 | |
2 | 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods | April 29–present | 171 | [1] |
3 | 2024 Enga landslide | 24 May 2024 | 160–2,000+ | [2][3] |
4 | Pakistan floods | February 29–present | 100 | [4] |
5 | Cyclone Remal | May 24—May 28 | 84+ | [5][6] |
6 | Persian Gulf floods | 14 April – present | 33 | |
7 | January 13–16, 2024 North American winter storm | January 13–16 | 30 | |
8 | Afghanistan avalanche | February 19 | 25 | [7] |
9 | Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024 | May 19–27 | 31 | [8][9][10][11][12] |
10 (tie) | Tropical Storm Alvaro | December 30–January 3 | 19 | [13] |
10 (tie) | Cyclone Gamane | March 25–28 | 19 | [14] |
Types
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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.[7]
Heat waves and droughts
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For the first time, in each month in a 12-month period (through June 2024), Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial baseline.[16]
Tornadoes
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Tropical and subtropical cyclones
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On January 1, Tropical Storm Alvaro made landfall in Madagascar.[citation needed] Alvaro would kill nineteen people.[17] 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),[18] broke records for rapid intensification (65 mph in 24 hours), overall strength, and location for June.[19]
Extratropical cyclones and European windstorms
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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,[20] due to the threat of very strong winds.[21]
Wildfires
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Timeline
This is a timeline of weather events during 2024.
January
- 30 December - 3 January - Tropical Storm Alvaro kills nineteen people.[17]
- January 6-7 - January 2024 nor'easter
- January 8-10 - January 8-10, 2024 North American storm complex
- January 10–13, 2024 North American blizzard – Followed very shortly after the previous storm with an identical track and affected the same areas, but brought blizzard conditions and very cold temperatures in its wake.
- January 11-18 - Cyclone Belal
- January 13-16 - January 13-16, 2024 North American winter storm
February
- February 1-5 - 2024 Chile wildfires
- February 11-13 - February 2024 nor'easter
- February 14 - March 6 - 2024 Port Hills fire in New Zealand
- February 19 - an avalanche in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province kills 25 people.[7]
- February 26 – March 14 – Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas and Oklahoma
- February 29-present - Pakistan floods
March
- March 6-present - 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
- March 25-28 - Cyclone Gamane
April
- April 1-30 - 2024 Central Asian floods
- April 5 (or sooner)-present - 2024 Central Asian floods
- April 14-present - 2024 Persian Gulf floods
- April 25-28 - Tornado outbreak of April 26–28, 2024
- April 29-present - 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods in Brazil
May
- May 6-10 — Tornado outbreak of May 6–10, 2024
- May 15-16 — 2024 Houston derecho
- May 15-present — 2024 Canadian wildfires
- May 21-present — 2024 Pakistan heat wave
- May 19-26 — Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024
- May 24 — 2024 Enga landslide
- May 24-28 — Cyclone Remal
June
- June 11-14 - June 2024 South Florida floods
- June 16-19 - 2024 Hajj disaster
- June 28 – July 11 - Hurricane Beryl
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "40 lost lives, 62 injured in rain related incidents: PDMA". 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Cyclone Remal: 12 killed, 27 million without power in Bangladesh". Somoy TV. 27 May 2024.
- ^ Sun, Daily (2024-05-27). "Cyclone Remal kills 6 people in West Bengal". daily-sun. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ a b c Flora Drury (February 19, 2024). "Afghanistan: Landslide kills 25 after heavy snow". BBC News. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ Harris, Tim; Wesner Childs, Jan. "5 Dead, At Least 35 Hurt Following Iowa Tornadoes". The Weather Channel. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ Freedman, Pete; Solomon, Richard (26 May 2024). "Dozens injured and at least two confirmed dead -- so far -- following reported tornado Saturday night, Cooke County Sheriff says". wfaa.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Straker, Renee; Childs, Jan Wesner (May 26, 2024). "Texas Tornado Kills At Least 5; Two Die In Oklahoma Twister | Weather.com". The Weather Channel. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- ^ name="CNNMay25">Faheid, Dalia; Afshar, Paradise; Williams, Ashley; Raffa, Elisa; Sutton, Joe (May 26, 2024). "At least 18 people are dead after tornado-spawning storms strike the central US on Memorial Day weekend". CNN. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ Magramo, Kathleen; Mascarenhas, Lauren; Chowdhury, Maureen; Hammond, Elise; Zerkel, Eric; Gilbert, Mary (May 27, 2024). "At least 23 killed in tornado-spawning storms sweeping central US". CNN. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ United States Embassy Antananarivo (10 January 2024). "U.S. Provides Assistance in Madagascar to Victims of Storm Alvaro". United States Embassy in Madagascar. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Rabary, Lovasoa; Obulutsa, George; Donovan, Kirsten (29 March 2024). "Madagascar cyclone Gamane kills at least 18, displaces thousands, government says". Reuters. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Copernicus: March 2024 is the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record". Copernicus Programme (Europe). 9 April 2024.
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.)
- ^ 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)
- ^ https://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/Analyse_20240102.gif
- ^ 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.
External links
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Succeeded by 2025 |