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May 31

47 entries from the federal record fall on May 31, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1985F5, 47 mile path, 18 killed Portage, OH; Trumbull, OH; Mercer, PA
  2. 1985F4, 56.2 mile path, 16 killed Mercer, PA; Crawford, PA; Venango, PA
  3. 1985F4, 14 mile path, 12 killed Ashtabula, OH; Erie, PA
  4. 1985F4, 29 mile path, 7 killed Venango, PA; Forest, PA
  5. 1985F4, 29 mile path, 4 killed Warren, PA; McKean, PA; Elk, PA
  6. 1985F4, 28 mile path Erie, PA; Warren, PA; Chautauqua, NY
  7. 1985F4, 69 mile path Clearfield, PA; Clinton, PA; Centre, PA
  8. 1985F3, 39 mile path, 9 killed Beaver, PA; Butler, PA
  9. 2013EF3, 16.2 mile path, 8 killed Canadian, OK
  10. 1985F3, 19 mile path, 6 killed Lycoming, PA; Union, PA; Northumberland, PA
  11. 1978F3, 37 mile path, 3 killed Pottawatomie, KS; Jackson, KS
  12. 1985F3, 23 mile path, 2 killed Crawford, PA
  13. 1985F3, 29 mile path, 1 killed Licking, OH; Coshocton, OH
  14. 1998F3, 13 mile path, 1 killed Somerset, PA
  15. 1958F3, 0.3 mile path Labette, KS
  16. 1962F3, 2 mile path Callahan, TX
  17. 1971F3, 46.5 mile path O'Brien, IA; Osceola, IA; Dickinson, IA
  18. 1971F3, 8.6 mile path Osceola, IA
  19. 1971F3, 8 mile path Dickinson, IA
  20. 1971F3, 9.4 mile path Tama, IA
  21. 1985F3, 15 mile path Trumbull, OH; Ashtabula, OH
  22. 1985F3, 8 mile path Crawford, PA
  23. 1985F3, 13 mile path Chautauqua, NY
  24. 1985F3, 17 mile path Warren, PA
  25. 1990F3, 14 mile path Ochiltree, TX
  26. 1996F3, 32 mile path Brown, SD; Marshall, SD
  27. 1998F3, 30.5 mile path Saratoga, NY; Rensselaer, NY; Bennington, VT
  28. 1998F3, 62 mile path Tioga, NY; Broome, NY; Delaware, NY
  29. 1998F3, 5 mile path Otsego, NY
  30. 1998F3, 20 mile path Pike, PA
  31. 1998F3, 8.3 mile path Berks, PA
  32. 1999F3, 7 mile path Lincoln, CO
  33. 2013EF3, 31.7 mile path St. Charles, MO; St. Louis, MO
  34. 2013EF3, 10.6 mile path St. Louis, MO; Madison, IL
  35. 1985F2, 4 mile path, 1 killed Crawford, PA
  36. 2001F2, 6.3 mile path, 1 killed Cannon, TN
  37. 1967F1, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Tipton, TN

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2013Flash Flood, 13 deaths, $592,000 Blaine; Caddo; Canadian; Cleveland
  2. 1998Thunderstorm Wind, 2 deaths, $132 million Allegan; Barry; Calhoun; Clare

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1938M5.2, near Trabuco Canyon, CA Orange County, CA
  2. 1975M5.3, near Ludlow, CA San Bernardino County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2013Lime Hills Fire, 193,970 acres AK
  2. 2022East Fork Fire, 169,400 acres AK
  3. 2003Dry Lake Complex (Dry Lakes), 114,154 acres NM
  4. 2002Sanford Fire, 86,491 acres UT
  5. 2020Ingakslugwat Hills Fire, 69,424 acres AK
  6. 2006Nageethluk River Fire, 56,307 acres AK