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 Pakistan floods February 29–present 40 [1]
2 Persian Gulf floods 14 April – present 33
3 January 13–16, 2024 North American winter storm January 13–16 30
4 Afghanistan avalanche February 19 25 [2]
5 Tropical Storm Alvaro December 30–January 3 19 [3]
6 Cyclone Gamane March 25–28 18 [4]
7 2024 Central Asian floods April 2024 8 [5]
8 Cyclone Belal January 11–18 6 [6][7]
9 January 8–10, 2024 North American storm complex January 8–10 6
10 Storm Henk January 2–5 2 [8][9][10]

Types edit

The following listed different types of special weather conditions worldwide.

Cold snaps and winter storms edit

On February 19, an avalanche in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province killed 25 people.[2]

Heat waves and droughts edit

 
The Copernicus Programme reported that 2024 continued 2023's series of record high global average sea surface temperatures.[11]

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.[12] 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,[13] due to the threat of very strong winds.[14]

Wildfires edit

Timeline edit

This is a timeline of weather events during 2024.

January edit

February edit

March edit

April edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "40 lost lives, 62 injured in rain related incidents: PDMA". 6 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Flora Drury (February 19, 2024). "Afghanistan: Landslide kills 25 after heavy snow". BBC News. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Kilner, James (2024-04-07). "Watch: Worst floods in decades sweep Russia and Kazakhstan". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  6. ^ "Mauritius and Reunion assess damage from Indian Ocean cyclone that killed at least 4 people". AP News. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  7. ^ "Maurice : en crise après le passage du cyclone Belal, le directeur météo annonce sa démission". LINFO.re (in French). 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-01-19..
  8. ^ Webb, Daniel Jae (2 January 2024). "Storm Henk: Person dies as car crushed by tree near Malmesbury" (News article). Wiltshire 999s. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  9. ^ Jolly, Bradley (2 January 2024). "Storm Henk claims first victim as one dies after tree crushes car". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Extreme weather ravages Europe: Cold grips Scandinavia, storm Henk hits Western Europe". 4 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Copernicus: March 2024 is the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record". Copernicus Programme (Europe). 9 April 2024.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ https://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/Analyse_20240102.gif
  14. ^ 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