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June 12

26 entries from the federal record fall on June 12, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1906Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Bay County, FL

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1970F4, 16.1 mile path Chariton, MO; Macon, MO
  2. 1957F3, 0.1 mile path Dallas, TX
  3. 1958F3, 0.1 mile path Ballard, KY
  4. 1966F3, 3.6 mile path Denton, TX
  5. 1970F3, 8.5 mile path Macon, MO
  6. 1970F3, 16 mile path Audrain, MO
  7. 1982F3, 3 mile path Adams, CO
  8. 1984F3, 13 mile path Thayer, NE
  9. 1984F3, 48 mile path Bay, MI; Huron, MI
  10. 2004F3, 4 mile path Sumner, KS
  11. 2013EF3, 6.2 mile path Wright, IA
  12. 1991F0, 0.7 mile path, 1 killed Westchester, NY

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2021Excessive Heat, 60 deaths Gila; La Paz; Maricopa; Pinal
  2. 2021Excessive Heat, 34 deaths Cochise; Graham; Greenlee; Pima
  3. 2018Excessive Heat, 5 deaths Clark

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1944M5.1, near Cabazon, CA Riverside County, CA
  2. 1944M5.2, near Morongo Valley, CA Riverside County, CA
  3. 1957M6.8, near Atka, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  4. 1988M5.3, near East Foothills, California Santa Clara County, CA
  5. 2005M5.2, near Anza, CA Riverside County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2004North Dag Fire, 429,332 acres AK
  2. 2013Moore Creek Fire, 135,698 acres AK
  3. 2005Sheenjek River Fire, 117,256 acres AK
  4. 2005Big Sitdown Creek 2 Fire, 110,101 acres AK
  5. 2005Preacher Creek Fire, 69,324 acres AK