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June 21

40 entries from the federal record fall on June 21, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1886Unnamed storm, category 2 near Jefferson County, FL
  2. 2021Claudette, tropical storm near Johnston County, NC

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2023EF3, 9.1 mile path, 4 killed Motley, TX
  2. 1961F3, 156.3 mile path, 1 killed Brown, SD; Spink, SD; Clark, SD
  3. 1981F3, 8.8 mile path, 1 killed Schuyler, IL
  4. 1951F3, 5.4 mile path Pulaski, IN; Fulton, IN
  5. 1957F3, 5.4 mile path York, NE
  6. 1958F3, 0.5 mile path Ellis, OK
  7. 1964F3, 8.9 mile path Dickinson, KS
  8. 1965F3, 15.4 mile path Bon Homme, SD
  9. 1969F3, 2 mile path Saline, KS
  10. 1971F3, 13.7 mile path Steele, ND
  11. 1974F3, 2.7 mile path Seward, KS
  12. 1983F3, 6 mile path Campbell, SD
  13. 1983F3, 6 mile path Ziebach, SD
  14. 1996F3, 1 mile path Saginaw, MI
  15. 1981F2, 6.5 mile path, 1 killed Warren, MO
  16. 1987F2, 0.3 mile path, 1 killed Oakland, MI

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1997Heat, 16 deaths Cook
  2. 2024Heat, 16 deaths Clark
  3. 2022Heat, 13 deaths Maricopa
  4. 2023Rip Current, 9 deaths Bay; Walton
  5. 2002Heat, 7 deaths Cook
  6. 1997Heat, 4 deaths Delaware; Philadelphia
  7. 1997Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $39.2 million Bandera; Bastrop; Bexar; Blanco
  8. 2004Hail, $175 million Armstrong; Carson; Donley; Gray

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1928M7.0, near Chenega, Alaska Chugach Census Area, AK

Wildfires

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

  1. 2009Railbelt Complex (Minto Flats South), 523,418 acres AK
  2. 2005Cave Creek Complex, 245,997 acres AZ
  3. 2008Basin Complex, 164,453 acres CA
  4. 2015Sushgitit Hills Fire, 118,244 acres AK
  5. 2008Siskiyou-Blue 2 Complex (Blue 2), 100,756 acres CA
  6. 2018Boxcar 0410 Rn Fire, 99,850 acres OR
  7. 2019Little Mud River Fire, 98,159 acres AK
  8. 2008Yolla Bolly Complex (Iron), 94,807 acres CA
  9. 2015Hay Slough Fire, 86,165 acres AK
  10. 2022Donut Fire, 72,295 acres AK
  11. 2022North Fork Fire, 60,264 acres AK
  12. 2022Lansing Creek Fire, 56,379 acres AK
  13. 2008Btu Lightning Complex (Long Branch-Jack), 52,072 acres CA