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March 13

34 entries from the federal record fall on March 13, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1990F5, 48 mile path, 1 killed Reno, KS; Harvey, KS; McPherson, KS
  2. 1990F5, 22 mile path, 1 killed Harvey, KS; McPherson, KS; Marion, KS
  3. 1953F4, 13.9 mile path, 17 killed Haskell, TX; Knox, TX
  4. 1990F4, 19 mile path Linn, IA; Jones, IA; Delaware, IA
  5. 1990F4, 131 mile path York, NE; Seward, NE; Butler, NE
  6. 1954F3, 49.5 mile path, 5 killed Taylor, GA; Crawford, GA; Bibb, GA
  7. 1953F3, 45.3 mile path, 2 killed Love, OK; Carter, OK; Johnston, OK
  8. 1954F3, 7 mile path, 2 killed Russell, AL; Chattahoochee, GA
  9. 1953F3, 1 mile path, 1 killed Grady, OK
  10. 1961F3, 9.3 mile path Warren, TN
  11. 1990F3, 15.5 mile path Scott, IA; Rock Island, IL; Whiteside, IL
  12. 1990F3, 32 mile path Kearney, NE; Buffalo, NE; Hall, NE
  13. 1990F3, 19 mile path Grant, OK
  14. 1990F3, 27 mile path Hall, NE; Howard, NE; Merrick, NE
  15. 1990F3, 22 mile path Grant, OK; Sumner, KS
  16. 1990F3, 18 mile path Reno, KS; Harvey, KS; McPherson, KS
  17. 1990F3, 22 mile path Jefferson, OK; Stephens, OK; Carter, OK
  18. 1990F3, 25 mile path Thayer, NE; Fillmore, NE
  19. 1990F3, 13 mile path Thayer, NE
  20. 1990F3, 9 mile path Story, IA
  21. 2006F3, 6 mile path Montgomery, MO; Warren, MO
  22. 2006F3, 44.5 mile path Montgomery, MO; Lincoln, MO; Pike, MO
  23. 1955F2, 9.9 mile path, 2 killed Saluda, SC
  24. 1954F1, 34.4 mile path, 1 killed Taylor, GA; Crawford, GA; Peach, GA

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2006Flash Flood, 7 deaths Kauai
  2. 2007Avalanche, 6 deaths, $3,000 Eagle; Garfield; Pitkin
  3. 2012Heavy Rain, 6 deaths, $2.1 million Alameda; Contra Costa; Marin; Napa
  4. 2007Dense Fog, 5 deaths, $130,000 Osceola
  5. 2025Winter Storm, 5 deaths Apache; Coconino; Navajo
  6. 2017Winter Storm, 3 deaths Adams; Bedford; Blair; Centre

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1909M5.3, Kilauea Caldera area, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  2. 1957M6.6, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 2019M5.5, near Volcano, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI

Wildfires

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

  1. 2026Morrill Fire, 645,316 acres NE