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June 8

53 entries from the federal record fall on June 8, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

Storms at their strongest near the U.S. on this date.

  1. 1966Alma, category 3 near Monroe County, FL

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1953F5, 18.9 mile path, 116 killed Genesee, MI; Lapeer, MI
  2. 1966F5, 21.1 mile path, 16 killed Shawnee, KS
  3. 1953F4, 118 mile path, 17 killed Lorain, OH; Cuyahoga, OH; Henry, OH
  4. 1974F4, 29 mile path, 14 killed Creek, OK; Tulsa, OK; Osage, OK
  5. 1974F4, 37.5 mile path, 6 killed Lyon, KS; Osage, KS; Shawnee, KS
  6. 1953F4, 5.4 mile path, 4 killed Monroe, MI
  7. 1950F4, 17.1 mile path, 1 killed Rice, KS; McPherson, KS
  8. 1966F4, 19.9 mile path, 1 killed Leavenworth, KS
  9. 1953F4, 33.8 mile path Lapeer, MI; St. Clair, MI
  10. 1967F4, 2 mile path Webster, IA
  11. 1995F4, 3 mile path Gray, TX
  12. 1995F4, 29 mile path Gray, TX; Wheeler, TX
  13. 1995F4, 15 mile path Wheeler, TX; Hemphill, TX
  14. 1974F3, 63.6 mile path, 2 killed Tulsa, OK; Rogers, OK; Craig, OK
  15. 1985F3, 68 mile path, 2 killed Price, WI; Oneida, WI
  16. 1953F3, 11.3 mile path, 1 killed Washtenaw, MI
  17. 1951F3, 10.9 mile path Washita, OK
  18. 1953F3, 9.1 mile path Livingston, MI; Oakland, MI
  19. 1953F3, 1.8 mile path Alcona, MI
  20. 1966F3, 13.8 mile path Riley, KS
  21. 1974F3, 8.9 mile path Oklahoma, OK
  22. 1974F3, 10.2 mile path Oklahoma, OK
  23. 1974F3, 9 mile path Oklahoma, OK
  24. 1974F3, 6.8 mile path Lincoln, OK
  25. 1974F3, 2.5 mile path Lincoln, OK
  26. 1974F3, 48.9 mile path Tulsa, OK; Wagoner, OK; Rogers, OK
  27. 1974F3, 29.9 mile path Seminole, OK; Okfuskee, OK
  28. 1974F3, 2.7 mile path Delaware, OK
  29. 1984F3, 29 mile path Columbia, WI; Green Lake, WI
  30. 1993F3, 11.5 mile path Kay, OK
  31. 1953F2, 16.6 mile path, 4 killed Iosco, MI
  32. 1989F2, 3 mile path, 3 killed Franklin, FL
  33. 1989F2, 10 mile path, 2 killed Iberville, LA; West Baton Rouge, LA
  34. 1985F1, 2.5 mile path, 1 killed Menominee, MI
  35. 2008EF1, 9.7 mile path, 1 killed Eaton, MI

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2026Heat, 10 deaths Cochise; Graham; Pima; Santa Cruz
  2. 2018Excessive Heat, 9 deaths Gila; Maricopa
  3. 2003Rip Current, 6 deaths Walton
  4. 2013Rip Current, 6 deaths Bay; Walton

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1912M6.6, Event 39 Novarupta-Mount Katmai area, Alaska Peninsula Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK
  2. 1980M6.3, near Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX Yuma County, AZ
  3. 1996M6.5, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  4. 2017M5.3, near Fern Forest, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI

Wildfires

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

  1. 2002Geskakmina Lake Fire, 260,185 acres AK
  2. 2019Woodbury Fire, 130,148 acres AZ
  3. 2002Hayman Fire, 129,312 acres CO
  4. 2022Swift River Fire, 92,389 acres AK
  5. 2002Ponil Complex, 89,018 acres NM
  6. 2020Mangum Fire, 71,583 acres AZ
  7. 2008Basin Complex (Indians), 59,072 acres CA
  8. 2006Warm Fire, 58,223 acres AZ
  9. 2014Alligator Fire, 50,625 acres FL