Winter weather-related deaths have risen over the last several years, according to a report from ValuePenguin. Though these fatalities fluctuate year-to-year depending on weather events, their analysis of NOAA data found there were 236 winter-related deaths in 2021, which is over 50% more than the 153 recorded in 2013. Texas was hit especially hard in February 2021 when a winter storm caused massive power outages across the state. That event alone resulted in at least 57 deaths. From 2013 to 2022, Texas had the most overall winter weather fatalities (224), followed by Wisconsin (132), Illinois (87), Pennsylvania (70) and Colorado (57). Few areas – three, to be exact – have escaped any reported winter weather damage over the last decade, according to the report: Hawaii, the District of Columbia and Delaware. When looking at all winter weather property damage since 2013, New Mexico has racked up the most loss ($405.4 million), followed by Texas ($396.3 million), Arizona ($151 million), Oregon ($144.4 million) and Michigan ($112.8 million). In the slideshow above, we'll look at the ten states that led the U.S. in winter weather property damage in the first half of 2022.

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