The data displays a list of heat waves and cold waves experienced in the U.S. from 1900 to 2016, by the number of fatalities that occurred as a result. In the deadliest event on record, around 1,260 people lost their lives as a result of a heat wave in 1980 in Missouri and Tennessee.
Heat wave, 1980, Kansas City, Missouri, St Loius | 1260 |
Heat wave, 1936, Illinois | 1193 |
Heat wave, 1995, Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois | 670 |
Heat wave, 1999, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin | 257 |
Heat wave, 1983 | 188 |
Heat wave, 1966, St Louis, Missouri | 182 |
Heat wave, 2006, California | 164 |
Cold wave, 1963 | 150 |
Heat wave, 1998, Arizona, Florida, Colorado | 130 |
Heat wave, 2012, Washington DC, Iowa, Virginia, North Carolina | 107 |