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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.

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Deadliest events

Deadliest meteorological events during 2024
Rank Event Date(s) Deaths (+Missing) Refs
1 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods March 6—18 May 741
2 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods April 29–present 181 [1][2]
3 2024 Enga landslide 24 May 2024 160–2,000+ [3][4]
4 Pakistan floods February 29–present 100 [5]
5 Cyclone Remal May 24—May 28 84+ [6][7]
6 Persian Gulf floods April 14–17 33
7 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024 May 19–27 31 [8][9][10][11][12]
8 January 13–16, 2024 North American winter storm January 13–16 30
9 Afghanistan avalanche February 19 25 [13]
10 (tie) Tropical Storm Alvaro December 30–January 3 19 [14]
10 (tie) Cyclone Gamane March 25–28 19 [15]

Types

The following listed different types of special weather conditions worldwide.

Cold snaps and winter storms

See also: 2023–24 North American winter

On February 19, following a heavy snow, an avalanche in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province killed 25 people.[13]

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 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial baseline.[17]

Tornadoes

Main article: Tornadoes of 2024

Tropical and subtropical cyclones

Main article: Tropical cyclones in 2024

On January 1, Tropical Storm Alvaro made landfall in Madagascar.[citation needed] Alvaro would kill nineteen people.[18] 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),[19] broke records for rapid intensification (65 mph in 24 hours), overall strength, and location for June.[20]

Extratropical cyclones and European windstorms

See also: 2023–24 European windstorm season

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,[21] due to the threat of very strong winds.[22]

Wildfires

See also: Wildfires in the United States during 2024

Timeline

This is a timeline of weather events during 2024.

January

See also: List of storms referred to as 'January 2024 North American winter storm' for disambiguation

February

March

April

May

June

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Rio Grande do Sul Flood Emergency: Snapshot #4" (PDF). United Nations. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "40 lost lives, 62 injured in rain related incidents: PDMA". 6 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Cyclone Remal: 12 killed, 27 million without power in Bangladesh". Somoy TV. 27 May 2024.
  7. ^ Sun, Daily (2024-05-27). "Cyclone Remal kills 6 people in West Bengal". daily-sun. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  8. ^ Harris, Tim; Wesner Childs, Jan. "5 Dead, At Least 35 Hurt Following Iowa Tornadoes". The Weather Channel. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ a b c Flora Drury (February 19, 2024). "Afghanistan: Landslide kills 25 after heavy snow". BBC News. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  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. ^ 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.
  19. ^ 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.)
  20. ^ 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)
  21. ^ https://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/Analyse_20240102.gif
  22. ^ 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.
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