| Percent of | |||||
| Intensity | Median | Potential | Mean | Percent | Total Damage |
| Cases | Damage | Damage'' | Damage | Total Damage | Per Storm |
| Tropical/Subtropical Storm (76) | < 1 | 0 | 118 | 9.8% | 0.13% |
| Hurricane Cat. 1 (34) | 25 | 1 | 301 | 11.2 | 0.33 |
| Hurricane Cat. 2 (15) | 235 | 10 | 544 | 8.9 | 0.60 |
| Hurricane Cat. 3 (26) | 1,139 | 50 | 1,517 | 43.1 | 1.66 |
| Hurricane Cat. 4 (6) | 2,342 | 100 | 3,085 | 20.2 | 3.37 |
| Hurricane Cat. 5 (1) | 6,111 | 250 | 6,111 | 6.7 | 6.68 |
Table 9 Summary of U.S. tropical cyclone spawned damage by intensity category of cyclone at U.S. landfall, averaged for the years 1944 to 1991 in millions of normalized 1991 dollars. The number of landfalls is shown in parentheses.