The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2023.
The year saw a transition from La Niña to El Niño, with record high global average surface temperatures. The several weather events which had a significant impact were blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.
Rank | Event | Date(s) | Deaths (+Missing) | Refs |
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1 | Storm Daniel | September 4–12 | >4,361+ (10,100+ missing) | |
2 | Cyclone Freddy | February 5 – March 14 | 1,434 | |
3 | Cyclone Mocha | May 9–15 | 463 (≥101 missing) | |
4 | Afghanistan cold snap | January 10–17 | 166 | |
5 | Western North America heat wave | May – present | >112 | |
6 | North India floods | July 10 – present | >100 | |
7 | Philippine floods | December 18, 2022 – February 5, 2023 | 97 (+25 missing) | |
8 | São Paulo floods and landslides | February 18–23 | 65 (+58 missing) | |
9 | Pakistan floods | June 22 – July 6 | 54 | |
10 | Hurricane Otis | October 22–25 | ~52 |
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The following listed different types of special weather conditions worldwide.
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In January, a cold snap in Afghanistan killed at least 166 people and more than 80,000 livestock. A national low temperature was set in Mohe City, China at −53.0 °C (−63.4 °F), on January 23. Two days later, snow fell in Algeria for the first time in ten years.
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Starting in April 2023, a record-breaking heat wave in Asia has affected multiple countries, including India, China, Laos and Thailand.
An early-season tornado outbreak in the Southern United States was responsible for eight deaths and 53 injuries. On January 24, an EF3 tornado struck Deer Park, Texas, causing a tornado emergency. A storm complex in late February caused several tornadoes including a tornado that hit Cheyenne, Oklahoma, that killed one. A rare tornado near Taif, Saudi Arabia killed one person and injured one more. Two separate tornado outbreaks between March 24–March 27 and March 31–April 1 caused 58 deaths and two EF4 tornadoes in the US.
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The first named tropical cyclone of the year was Cyclone Hale, which caused minimal damage and one death in New Zealand as an extratropical cyclone. Later in January, Cyclone Cheneso killed at least 33 people in Madagascar and left 20 missing. In addition, it damaged over 13,000 houses and 18 medical centers. In February, Cyclone Freddy formed on February 5 and lasted until March 14, making it the longest lived tropical cyclone on record, surpassing Hurricane John of 1994, tracking across the entire Indian Ocean, the first to do so since Hudah and Leon-Eline in 2000. In addition, Freddy also recorded the highest accumulated cyclone energy of any tropical cyclone worldwide, at 87.01, surpassing the previous record of 85.26 by Hurricane Ioke in 2006. Freddy killed at least 1,434 people, and left 19 missing. In May, Cyclone Mocha formed and made landfall in Myanmar, killing 438 people and more than 101 missing. In June, Cyclone Biparjoy formed over the Arabian Sea and intensified into an extremely severe tropical cyclone, and made landfall in India, leaving at least 12 people dead.
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Cyclone Helios which formed in early February brought recorded rain and humidity to Malta from 80 years. Luqa recorded rain with a total of 140.4 millimeters. meteo.it defined it as a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone as it dissipated on February 11. Storm Otto, also known as Storm Ulf, brought high winds to the United Kingdom, Norway, and Germany. The highest wind gust was recorded in Cairngorms, UK, at 193 km/h (120 mph).
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Over 100 wildfires have been confirmed in Alberta, Canada, and 13,000 people have been evacuated. The 2023 Hawaii wildfires killed over 110 people in the town on Lahaina, Hawaii.
This is a timeline of weather events during 2023.
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In January 2023, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration documented 30 weather-related fatalities and 162 weather-related injuries in the United States and Territories of the United States.
Date | Average global temperature |
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Monday, July 3 | 17.01 °C (62.62 °F) |
Tuesday, July 4 | 17.18 °C (62.92 °F) |
Wednesday, July 5 | 17.18 °C (62.92 °F) |
Thursday, July 6 | 17.23 °C (63.01 °F) |
In September 2023, 20% of the earth's surface experienced new record high temperatures, the highest percentage of any month since the start of records in 1951.
The month of October was the warmest October ever recorded.
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Preceded by 2022 | Weather of 2023 | Succeeded by 2024 |
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