Cold deaths in the Storm Events record, by state
The record lists 935 direct cold deaths since 1996. Illinois has the most, with 210. It also has the highest rate among states with five or more, at 16.5 per million residents.
By year
Direct cold deaths by year
By state
| Illinois | 210 | 16.5 |
| Texas | 110 | 3.5 |
| Wisconsin | 96 | 16.1 |
| California | 45 | 1.1 |
| Tennessee | 38 | 5.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 33 | 2.5 |
| Minnesota | 32 | 5.5 |
| Michigan | 30 | 3.0 |
| Arizona | 27 | 3.5 |
| Ohio | 25 | 2.1 |
| New York | 24 | 1.2 |
| South Carolina | 20 | 3.6 |
| Mississippi | 19 | 6.4 |
| Louisiana | 18 | 3.9 |
| Kentucky | 17 | 3.7 |
| Nevada | 14 | 4.3 |
| New Jersey | 12 | 1.3 |
| South Dakota | 12 | 12.8 |
| North Carolina | 11 | 1.0 |
| North Dakota | 10 | 12.5 |
| New Mexico | 10 | 4.7 |
| Washington | 10 | 1.2 |
| Alabama | 9 | 1.7 |
| Indiana | 9 | 1.3 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 2.2 |
| Florida | 8 | 0.3 |
| Missouri | 8 | 1.3 |
| Oregon | 8 | 1.9 |
| Iowa | 7 | 2.2 |
| Alaska | 6 | 8.1 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 1.6 |
| Colorado | 5 | 0.8 |
| Delaware | 5 | 4.7 |
| Kansas | 5 | 1.7 |
| Montana | 5 | 4.4 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 2.5 |
| Idaho | 3 | 1.5 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 2.9 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 1.4 |
| Virginia | 2 | 0.2 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 1.1 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 3.4 |
| Georgia | 1 | 0.1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 0.1 |
| Maryland | 1 | 0.2 |
| Maine | 1 | 0.7 |
| Vermont | 1 | 1.6 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0.0 |
| Utah | 0 | 0.0 |