From NOAA to 2024, and guesstimate for January 2025:
Notes: Month-by-month accumulation of estimated prices of every 12 months’s billion-dollar disasters, with coloured traces displaying 2024 (crimson) and the opposite top-10 costliest years; figures are in 2024$. Different years are gentle grey. 2024 completed the 12 months in fourth place for annual prices. Screenshot from the NOAA NCEI Billion-dollar Disasters. Purple diamond is estimate for LA fires, by creator. Supply: NOAA accessed 1/12/2025. January 2025 ytd primarily based on estimates $150 bn-$175 bn present {dollars} (Accuweather 1/13/2025).
