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July 7

22 entries from the federal record fall on July 7, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1896Unnamed storm, category 2 near Okaloosa County, FL
  2. 1946Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Accomack County, VA

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1955F4, 30 mile path, 1 killed Lyon, MN
  2. 1969F4, 1.8 mile path Harding, SD
  3. 1977F4, 22.6 mile path Thurston, NE; Burt, NE
  4. 1970F3, 37.9 mile path Iron, WI; Vilas, WI
  5. 1977F3, 11.6 mile path Howard, IN
  6. 1993F3, 9 mile path Kit Carson, CO
  7. 2008EF3, 20.6 mile path Rolette, ND; Towner, ND
  8. 2016EF3, 4.2 mile path Greenwood, KS

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2024Heat, 8 deaths Santa Clara
  2. 2001Heat, 5 deaths Audrain; Boone; Callaway; Cole
  3. 2002Heat, 4 deaths Cook
  4. 2012Thunderstorm Wind, 4 deaths, $10,000 Dallas; Denton; Kaufman

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1929M7.3, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  2. 1963M5.0, near Nephi, Utah Juab County, UT
  3. 2010M5.4, near Borrego Springs, CA San Diego County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2012Kinyon Road Fire, 171,373 acres ID
  2. 2021Shovel Creek Fire, 109,743 acres ID
  3. 2004Lower Mouth Fire, 86,347 acres AK
  4. 2021Lick Creek Fire, 80,319 acres WA
  5. 1985Sentinel Fire, 74,595 acres NV