June 17
36 entries from the federal record fall on June 17, across every year it covers.
Tropical cyclones
Storms at their strongest near the U.S. on this date.
- 1888Unnamed storm, category 1 near Galveston County, TX
- 1889Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Citrus County, FL
- 1906Unnamed storm, category 1 near Miami-Dade County, FL
Tornadoes
Tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or stronger, or that killed, on this date.
- 2010EF4, 39.6 mile path, 1 killed Douglas, MN; Otter Tail, MN
- 2010EF4, 16.9 mile path, 1 killed Freeborn, MN
- 2010EF4, 17 mile path Traill, ND; Grand Forks, ND
- 2010EF4, 10 mile path Otter Tail, MN; Wadena, MN
- 1954F3, 23.6 mile path, 1 killed Stanton, NE; Cuming, NE; Thurston, NE
- 2010EF3, 15 mile path, 1 killed Polk, MN; Red Lake, MN
- 1955F3, 16.2 mile path Collingsworth, TX
- 1956F3, 1 mile path Hockley, TX
- 1959F3, 12.7 mile path Miami-Dade, FL
- 1992F3, 16 mile path Dane, WI
- 2010EF3, 18.1 mile path Freeborn, MN; Steele, MN
- 2010EF3, 5 mile path Freeborn, MN
- 2010EF3, 4.3 mile path Steele, MN
- 2014EF3, 10 mile path Carter, MT
- 2014EF3, 4 mile path Cedar, NE
- 1975F2, 1.5 mile path, 1 killed Newaygo, MI
- 1982F2, 8 mile path, 1 killed Hendry, FL; Glades, FL
- 1978F1, 7.3 mile path, 16 killed Osage, KS
Deadly and costly storms
Earthquakes
Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, on this date (local time).
- 1934M6.7, near Nikiski, Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
- 1986M6.5, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
- 2002M5.2, near Fields Landing, California Humboldt County, CA
Wildfires
Fires of 50,000 acres or more that began on this date.
- 2004Taylor Highway Complex (Gardiner Creek), 125,659 acres AK
- 2009Zitziana Fire, 120,312 acres AK
- 2003Erickson Creek Fire, 119,594 acres AK
- 2003Aspen Fire, 79,639 acres AZ
- 2017Brianhead Fire, 74,260 acres UT
- 1996Chitanana River Fire, 58,369 acres AK
- 2005Goldwater Fire, 56,707 acres AZ
- 2022Schilling Creek Fire, 54,243 acres AK
- 2004Eagle Complex (Kandik River), 53,605 acres AK