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July 4

32 entries from the federal record fall on July 4, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1874Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Matagorda County, TX
  2. 1919Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Santa Rosa County, FL
  3. 2014Arthur, category 2 near Carteret County, NC

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1978F4, 26 mile path, 5 killed Grant, ND
  2. 1957F4, 29.9 mile path Livingston, MI; Oakland, MI
  3. 1967F3, 2 mile path Suffolk city, VA
  4. 1969F3, 13.9 mile path Washtenaw, MI; Wayne, MI
  5. 1986F3, 24.3 mile path Marinette, WI; Menominee, MI
  6. 1995F3, 26 mile path Randolph, MO; Monroe, MO; Shelby, MO
  7. 1970F2, 1.5 mile path, 1 killed Travis, TX

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2025Flash Flood, 117 deaths, $205 million Bandera; Kendall; Kerr; Llano
  2. 1999Heat, 74 deaths Berks; Bucks; Carbon; Chester
  3. 1999Heat, 45 deaths Allegany; Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert
  4. 1999Heat, 33 deaths Bronx; Kings; Nassau; New York
  5. 2012Excessive Heat, 25 deaths, $750,000 Boone; Cook; DeKalb; DuPage
  6. 1999Heat, 17 deaths Atlantic; Burlington; Camden; Cape May
  7. 1999Heat, 10 deaths Bergen; Essex; Hudson; Passaic
  8. 2001Heat, 8 deaths Alfalfa; Atoka; Beckham; Blaine
  9. 2010Excessive Heat, 8 deaths New York; Queens; Richmond
  10. 2012Excessive Heat, 8 deaths Berks; Bucks; Chester; Delaware
  11. 2024Excessive Heat, 6 deaths Coos; Curry; Douglas; Jackson
  12. 2010Heat, 5 deaths Clark
  13. 1999Heat, 4 deaths Kent; New Castle; Sussex
  14. 2003Heat, 4 deaths Bucks; Chester; Delaware; Montgomery
  15. 1999Heat, 3 deaths District of Columbia

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1961M5.0, near Lovelock, Nevada Pershing County, NV
  2. 1966M6.8, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  3. 1968M5.0, near Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CA Santa Barbara County, CA
  4. 2019M6.4, Ridgecrest San Bernardino County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2007Zaca Fire, 242,003 acres CA
  2. 2021Tamarack Fire, 70,279 acres CA, NV
  3. 2017Dry Gulch Fire, 55,094 acres NV