2011 saw blizzards, tornadoes, flooding, droughts, heatwaves, hurricanes and wildfires and hurricanes just like many other years. But this year, severe weather produced more billion-dollar events than any other year on record. 12 storms had damages of $1 billion or more.
2011 Billion-Dollar Disasters
- Groundhog Day Blizzard January 29-February 3
- Midwest/Southeast Tornadoes April 4-5
- Southeast/Midwest Tornadoes April 8-11
- Midwest/Southeast Tornadoes April 14-16
- Southeast/Ohio Valley/Midwest Tornadoes April 25-26
- Midwest/Southeast Tornadoes May 22-27
- Midwest/Southeast Tornadoes/Severe Weather June 18-22
- Southern Plains/Southwest Drought and Heatwave Spring-Fall
- Mississippi River Flooding Spring-Summer
- Upper Midwest Flooding Summer
- Hurricane Irene August 20-29
- Texas/New Mexico/Arizona Wildfires Spring-Fall
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Written by Don Moldenhauer, My-Cast Meteorologist
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