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February 26

16 entries from the federal record fall on February 26, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1958F3, 69.7 mile path, 8 killed Copiah, MS; Hinds, MS; Rankin, MS
  2. 1958F3, 29.1 mile path, 4 killed Perry, MS; Greene, MS; Wayne, MS
  3. 1958F3, 71 mile path, 1 killed Neshoba, MS; Simpson, MS; Rankin, MS
  4. 1958F3, 0.1 mile path Hardin, TN
  5. 1971F3, 4.3 mile path Greene, AL
  6. 2008EF3, 7.2 mile path Carroll, GA
  7. 2023EF2, 7 mile path, 1 killed Roger Mills, OK
  8. 1971F1, 2 mile path, 3 killed Jefferson, AL
  9. 2008EF1, 2.8 mile path, 1 killed Jefferson, AL

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1932M5.0, near San Ardo, California Monterey County, CA
  2. 1971M5.5, near Ferndale, California Humboldt County, CA
  3. 1987M6.9, near Unalaska, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  4. 2007M5.4, near Ferndale, California Humboldt County, CA
  5. 2007M5.4, near Ferndale, CA Humboldt County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2024Smokehouse Creek Fire, 1.05 million acres OK, TX
  2. 2024Betty'S Way Fire, 68,392 acres NE