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Weather of 2024

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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[edit]

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 171 [1]
3 Pakistan floods February 29–present 100 [2]
4 Cyclone Remal May 24—May 28 84+ [3][4]
5 Persian Gulf floods 14 April – present 33
6 January 13–16, 2024 North American winter storm January 13–16 30
7 Afghanistan avalanche February 19 25 [5]
8 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024 May 19–27 21 (+10 non-tornadic) [6][7][8][9][10]
9 (tie) Tropical Storm Alvaro December 30–January 3 19 [11]
9 (tie) Cyclone Gamane March 25–28 19 [12]

Types[edit]

The following listed different types of special weather conditions worldwide.

Cold snaps and winter storms[edit]

On February 19, following a heavy snow, an avalanche in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province killed 25 people.[5]

Heat waves and droughts[edit]

The Copernicus Programme reported that 2024 continued 2023's series of record high global average sea surface temperatures.[13]

2024 Southeast Asia heat wave

Tornadoes[edit]

Tropical and subtropical cyclones[edit]

On January 1, Tropical Storm Alvaro made landfall in Madagascar.[citation needed] Alvaro would kill nineteen people.[14] 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.

Extratropical cyclones and European windstorms[edit]

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,[15] due to the threat of very strong winds.[16]

Wildfires[edit]

Timeline[edit]

This is a timeline of weather events during 2024.

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "40 lost lives, 62 injured in rain related incidents: PDMA". 6 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Cyclone Remal: 12 killed, 27 million without power in Bangladesh". Somoy TV. 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ Sun, Daily (2024-05-27). "Cyclone Remal kills 6 people in West Bengal". daily-sun. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  5. ^ a b c Flora Drury (February 19, 2024). "Afghanistan: Landslide kills 25 after heavy snow". BBC News. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  6. ^ Harris, Tim; Wesner Childs, Jan. "5 Dead, At Least 35 Hurt Following Iowa Tornadoes". The Weather Channel. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Copernicus: March 2024 is the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record". Copernicus Programme (Europe). 9 April 2024.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ https://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/Analyse_20240102.gif
  16. ^ 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[edit]

Global weather by year
Preceded by
2023
Weather of
2024
Succeeded by
2025