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May 16

38 entries from the federal record fall on May 16, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2025EF4, 60.1 mile path, 18 killed Russell, KY; Pulaski, KY; Laurel, KY
  2. 1989F4, 17 mile path Kinney, TX
  3. 2025EF4, 16.3 mile path Williamson, IL
  4. 1999F3, 7.5 mile path, 2 killed Harrison, IA
  5. 2025EF3, 16.1 mile path, 2 killed Stoddard, MO; Scott, MO
  6. 1953F3, 5.2 mile path, 1 killed Houston, TX
  7. 1968F3, 50.3 mile path, 1 killed Wabash, IN; Huntington, IN; Allen, IN
  8. 2017EF3, 82.5 mile path, 1 killed Polk, WI; Barron, WI; Rusk, WI
  9. 1960F3, 13.3 mile path Marshall, KS
  10. 1962F3, 0.1 mile path Charles Mix, SD
  11. 1968F3, 2 mile path Wilbarger, TX
  12. 1969F3, 0.5 mile path San Patricio, TX
  13. 1969F3, 0.6 mile path Lamb, TX
  14. 1977F3, 16.7 mile path Collingsworth, TX
  15. 1977F3, 12.1 mile path Collingsworth, TX; Wheeler, TX
  16. 1977F3, 6.5 mile path Beckham, OK
  17. 1977F3, 18.2 mile path Beckham, OK; Roger Mills, OK
  18. 1977F3, 47.3 mile path Adams, NE; Hall, NE; Hamilton, NE
  19. 1980F3, 11.5 mile path Harrison, MS
  20. 1982F3, 15 mile path Wilbarger, TX
  21. 1983F3, 1.5 mile path Coffee, AL
  22. 1991F3, 22 mile path Hodgeman, KS
  23. 1991F3, 20 mile path Sedgwick, KS
  24. 1995F3, 10 mile path Finney, KS
  25. 1995F3, 7 mile path Hodgeman, KS; Pawnee, KS
  26. 1999F3, 6.2 mile path Harrison, IA
  27. 2015EF3, 40.4 mile path Hardeman, TX; Wilbarger, TX; Jackson, OK
  28. 2017EF3, 26.6 mile path Pawnee, KS; Barton, KS
  29. 2025EF3, 9.9 mile path Union, KY
  30. 2025EF2, 23.2 mile path, 4 killed St. Louis, MO; St. Louis city, MO; Madison, IL
  31. 1990F2, 15 mile path, 1 killed Clay, AR
  32. 2017EF2, 18 mile path, 1 killed Beckham, OK; Washita, OK
  33. 2025EF2, 14 mile path, 1 killed Greene, IN
  34. 1980F1, 1 mile path, 1 killed Pointe Coupee, LA

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2024Thunderstorm Wind, 9 deaths, $73.5 million Austin; Brazos; Chambers; Grimes
  2. 2026Strong Wind, 4 deaths, $140 Alameda; Contra Costa; Marin; Monterey

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1976M5.1, near Salt Spring Island, Canada San Juan County, WA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2012Whitewater-Baldy Fire, 307,528 acres NM