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January 22

20 entries from the federal record fall on January 22, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

Tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or stronger, or that killed, on this date.

  1. 1957F4, 0.1 mile path, 10 killed Sequoyah, OK
  2. 2017EF3, 24.7 mile path, 11 killed Brooks, GA; Cook, GA; Berrien, GA
  3. 2017EF3, 70.4 mile path, 5 killed Dougherty, GA; Worth, GA; Turner, GA
  4. 1957F3, 1.7 mile path, 3 killed Bossier, LA
  5. 1999F3, 15 mile path, 1 killed Benton, TN
  6. 1999F3, 4.3 mile path Montgomery, TN

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2016Winter Storm, 11 deaths Bergen; Essex; Hudson; Passaic
  2. 2016Blizzard, 8 deaths Bucks; Montgomery; Philadelphia
  3. 2016Winter Storm, 6 deaths Bronx; Kings; Nassau; New York
  4. 2008Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, 5 deaths Cook
  5. 2016Winter Storm, 5 deaths Berks; Carbon; Chester; Delaware
  6. 1996Cold/Wind Chill, 4 deaths Dallas
  7. 2014Cold/Wind Chill, 4 deaths Berks; Bucks; Carbon; Chester
  8. 2016Winter Storm, 4 deaths Adams; Bedford; Blair; Cambria

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, on this date (local time).

  1. 1923M7.1, Humboldt County, California Humboldt County, CA
  2. 1935M6.9, near Nikolski, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 1938M6.6, near Wailua, Hawaii Maui County, HI
  4. 1966M5.1, near Lumberton, New Mexico Rio Arriba County, NM
  5. 1984M5.1, near Big Sur, California Monterey County, CA

Wildfires

Fires of 50,000 acres or more that began on this date.

  1. 2014Unnamed Fire, 60,996 acres KS