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March 31

30 entries from the federal record fall on March 31, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1973F4, 22.6 mile path, 7 killed Abbeville, SC; Greenwood, SC
  2. 1959F4, 10.4 mile path, 6 killed Hill, TX
  3. 2023EF4, 19.9 mile path Keokuk, IA; Washington, IA; Iowa, IA
  4. 1962F3, 6.9 mile path, 17 killed Santa Rosa, FL
  5. 2023EF3, 86 mile path, 9 killed Hardeman, TN; McNairy, TN; Hardin, TN
  6. 2023EF3, 40.9 mile path, 6 killed Jasper, IL; Crawford, IL; Sullivan, IN
  7. 2023EF3, 72.5 mile path, 4 killed Cross, AR; Crittenden, AR; Mississippi, AR
  8. 2022EF3, 12.1 mile path, 2 killed Washington, FL; Jackson, FL
  9. 2023EF3, 5.9 mile path, 2 killed Owen, IN; Monroe, IN
  10. 1961F3, 1 mile path, 1 killed Dooly, GA
  11. 1979F3, 12.7 mile path, 1 killed Barren, KY
  12. 2023EF3, 39.2 mile path, 1 killed Tipton, TN; Haywood, TN
  13. 1959F3, 3.8 mile path Creek, OK
  14. 1959F3, 6.8 mile path Cooke, TX
  15. 1959F3, 13.2 mile path Marshall, OK
  16. 1959F3, 2 mile path Logan, AR
  17. 1961F3, 8.2 mile path Russell, AL; Muscogee, GA
  18. 1962F3, 3 mile path Lowndes, MS
  19. 2023EF3, 34.2 mile path Pulaski, AR; Lonoke, AR
  20. 2023EF3, 26.1 mile path Wapello, IA; Keokuk, IA
  21. 2023EF3, 5.5 mile path Johnson, IN
  22. 2023EF3, 6.3 mile path Grant, IN
  23. 1973F2, 72.4 mile path, 2 killed Clayton, GA; Screven, GA; DeKalb, GA
  24. 2023EF1, 27.5 mile path, 1 killed Ogle, IL; Winnebago, IL; Boone, IL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1997Winter Storm, 12 deaths Box Elder; Cache; Carbon; Davis
  2. 2013Dense Fog, 6 deaths, $1.0 million Carroll; Galax city

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1952M5.5, Western Montana Flathead County, MT
  2. 1973M5.1, near West Yellowstone, Montana Teton County, WY
  3. 1986M5.7, near East Foothills, California Santa Clara County, CA
  4. 2020M6.5, Stanley, Idaho Custer County, ID