May 9
32 entries from the federal record fall on May 9, across every year it covers.
Tornadoes
Tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or stronger, or that killed, on this date.
- 1959F4, 6.2 mile path, 7 killed Pontotoc, OK
- 2016EF4, 8.9 mile path, 1 killed Garvin, OK
- 1953F3, 46.9 mile path, 5 killed Thayer, NE; Fillmore, NE; Saline, NE
- 2006F3, 9.3 mile path, 3 killed Collin, TX; Grayson, TX
- 1971F3, 1 mile path, 1 killed Leake, MS
- 1988F3, 5 mile path, 1 killed Bell, KY
- 2015EF3, 3.8 mile path, 1 killed Eastland, TX
- 2016EF3, 9.1 mile path, 1 killed Johnston, OK; Coal, OK
- 1953F3, 13.5 mile path Republic, KS
- 1959F3, 23.2 mile path Mayes, OK; Delaware, OK
- 1959F3, 23.4 mile path Rogers, OK; Nowata, OK
- 1959F3, 6.6 mile path Keokuk, IA
- 1959F3, 17.8 mile path Van Buren, IA; Jefferson, IA; Henry, IA
- 1971F3, 9 mile path Edwards, KS
- 1972F3, 2.7 mile path Morton, KS
- 1981F3, 5.2 mile path Hill, TX
- 1981F3, 15 mile path Anderson, TX; Henderson, TX
- 1982F3, 8.2 mile path Randall, TX; Potter, TX
- 1995F3, 10 mile path Muscatine, IA; Scott, IA
- 1995F3, 50 mile path Sangamon, IL; Menard, IL; Logan, IL
- 1995F3, 22 mile path Bureau, IL
- 2003F3, 17.8 mile path Oklahoma, OK
- 2016EF3, 16.6 mile path Murray, OK; Pontotoc, OK
- 2016EF3, 13.8 mile path Bryan, OK; Choctaw, OK
- 1993F2, 12 mile path, 1 killed Dallas, TX; Collin, TX
- 2002F1, 0.5 mile path, 2 killed Marion, IL
- 1973F1, 0.2 mile path, 1 killed Dakota, MN
Deadly and costly storms
Earthquakes
Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, on this date (local time).
- 1933M5.1, near Mina, Nevada Mineral County, NV
- 1952M5.1, near Reno, Nevada Washoe County, NV
- 2007M5.2, near Ferndale, California Humboldt County, CA
Wildfires
Fires of 50,000 acres or more that began on this date.
- 2011Iron Mountain Fire, 85,018 acres TX