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March 16

10 entries from the federal record fall on March 16, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1965F4, 82.7 mile path Grant, OK; Kay, OK; Sumner, KS
  2. 1963F3, 0.3 mile path Gallatin, IL
  3. 1965F3, 11.1 mile path Hill, TX; Navarro, TX
  4. 1955F2, 6.6 mile path, 1 killed Wayne, NC

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2007Winter Weather, 6 deaths Atlantic; Burlington; Camden; Cumberland

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1904M5.3, Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Washington Jefferson County, WA
  2. 1922M5.0, near Shandon, California San Luis Obispo County, CA
  3. 2000M5.7, near Ferndale, California Humboldt County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 1999Unnamed Fire, 77,219 acres NE
  2. 1989Unnamed Fire, 56,858 acres FL