June 24

32 entries from the federal record fall on June 24, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1880Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Matagorda County, TX
  2. 1945Unnamed storm, category 1 near Hernando County, FL
  3. 1960Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Willacy County, TX
  4. 1968Candy, tropical storm near Refugio County, TX

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2003F4, 10 mile path Kingsbury, SD
  2. 1970F3, 1.5 mile path, 1 killed Nueces, TX
  3. 1971F3, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Fayette, IA
  4. 1960F3, 12.9 mile path Mercer, NJ
  5. 1960F3, 16 mile path Schenectady, NY; Saratoga, NY
  6. 1969F3, 47 mile path Trego, KS; Graham, KS; Norton, KS
  7. 1979F3, 4.3 mile path El Paso, CO
  8. 2003F3, 6 mile path Jerauld, SD; Sanborn, SD
  9. 2003F3, 3.5 mile path Beadle, SD
  10. 1973F2, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Charles Mix, SD
  11. 1966F1, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Cavalier, ND
  12. 2013EF1, 6.5 mile path, 1 killed Muscatine, IA
  13. 2012EF0, 3.5 mile path, 1 killed Highlands, FL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1998Heat, 10 deaths Cook
  2. 2023Heat, 9 deaths Cochise; Graham; Greenlee; Pima
  3. 2010Heat, 7 deaths Baltimore; Montgomery; Baltimore city
  4. 2020Heat, 6 deaths Maricopa
  5. 2006Flash Flood, 5 deaths, $5.5 million Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert; Carroll
  6. 2012Flood, 5 deaths, $25.8 million Charlotte; Citrus; Hernando; Hillsborough
  7. 2002Heat, 4 deaths Bucks; Chester; Delaware; Montgomery

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1939M5.5, near Hollister, California San Benito County, CA
  2. 1939M5.2, near Rosarito, B.C., MX San Diego County, CA
  3. 2007M5.0, near Trinidad, California Humboldt County, CA
  4. 2020M5.8, near Lone Pine, CA Inyo County, CA
  5. 2026M5.6, near Redwood Valley, CA Mendocino County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2003Hadweenzic Fire, 177,820 acres AK
  2. 2004Willow Fire, 118,413 acres AZ
  3. 2012Fontenelle Fire, 58,079 acres WY