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June 16

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

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1934Unnamed storm, category 2 near Vermilion Parish, LA
  2. 1939Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Baldwin County, AL
  3. 2015Bill, tropical storm near Matagorda County, TX

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1992F5, 16 mile path, 1 killed Nobles, MN; Murray, MN
  2. 2014EF4, 23.9 mile path, 1 killed Stanton, NE; Cuming, NE; Wayne, NE
  3. 2014EF4, 11.5 mile path, 1 killed Stanton, NE; Cuming, NE; Wayne, NE
  4. 1992F4, 7 mile path Murray, MN
  5. 2014EF4, 12.1 mile path Stanton, NE
  6. 2014EF4, 15.8 mile path Wayne, NE; Dixon, NE
  7. 1962F3, 0.5 mile path Fremont, WY
  8. 1962F3, 34.6 mile path Finney, KS; Lane, KS; Ness, KS
  9. 1965F3, 20.6 mile path Yellowstone, MT
  10. 1966F3, 1 mile path Buckingham, VA
  11. 1973F3, 0.1 mile path Traill, ND
  12. 1974F3, 49.1 mile path Greene, NY; Albany, NY; Saratoga, NY
  13. 1992F3, 3 mile path Miner, SD
  14. 1992F3, 4 mile path Kingsbury, SD; Brookings, SD
  15. 1992F3, 2 mile path Buffalo, SD
  16. 1992F3, 6 mile path Yellow Medicine, MN
  17. 1992F3, 12 mile path Murray, MN; Lyon, MN
  18. 1992F3, 16 mile path Redwood, MN
  19. 1992F3, 13 mile path Redwood, MN
  20. 1992F3, 26 mile path Harrison, IA; Crawford, IA
  21. 1992F3, 2.5 mile path Yellow Medicine, MN
  22. 1992F3, 10 mile path Wright, MN
  23. 2014EF3, 1 mile path Dane, WI
  24. 1982F1, 2.5 mile path, 1 killed Monongalia, WV

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2022Heat, 9 deaths Maricopa
  2. 2014Winter Weather, 8 deaths Box Elder; Cache; Davis; Morgan
  3. 2007Flash Flood, 6 deaths, $78.4 million Bosque; Collin; Comanche; Cooke
  4. 2003Flash Flood, 5 deaths Anson; Cumberland; Montgomery; Moore
  5. 2013Heat, 4 deaths Maricopa

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1940M6.4, near Honomu, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI

Wildfires

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

  1. 2005Old Dummy Fire, 238,884 acres AK
  2. 2005North Bonanza Fire, 190,620 acres AK
  3. 2005Fish Creek Fire, 132,590 acres AK
  4. 2005Ray River Fire, 102,756 acres AK
  5. 2005Boney Creek Fire, 61,178 acres AK