New government data released Monday revealed that the U.S. has already experienced more billion-dollar weather disasters in 2023 than in any other year since authorities started tracking such data 40-plus years ago.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tallied 23 weather events from January through August that cost at least $1 billion, topping the previous record of 22 set in all of 2020. The NOAA has been tracking these figures since 1980.

These events caused 253 direct and indirect fatalities and produced more than $57.6 billion in damages, the NOAA said in its report, noting that the number may rise as more events are taken into account.

Other potential billion-dollar events from 2023 that are still under review include Tropical Storm Hilary that impacted southern California and the Southern/Midwestern drought , the report added. Hilary marked the first-ever tropical storm warning issued in the region.