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July 18

32 entries from the federal record fall on July 18, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1996F5, 13.3 mile path Fond du Lac, WI
  2. 2004F4, 12 mile path Barnes, ND; LaMoure, ND
  3. 1954F3, 0.8 mile path Rusk, TX
  4. 1958F3, 3 mile path Buffalo, NE
  5. 1963F3, 2.3 mile path Butte, SD
  6. 1965F3, 0.1 mile path Meade, SD
  7. 1983F3, 0.5 mile path Codington, SD
  8. 2001F3, 5 mile path Nelson, ND
  9. 1971F2, 38.5 mile path, 1 killed Dunn, WI; Chippewa, WI; Eau Claire, WI
  10. 1996F2, 6.4 mile path, 1 killed Calumet, WI; Fond du Lac, WI

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1999Heat, 42 deaths Audrain; Boone; Callaway; Clark
  2. 2020Excessive Heat, 31 deaths Maricopa; Yuma
  3. 2021Heat, 30 deaths Maricopa
  4. 1999Heat, 22 deaths Adair; Andrew; Atchison; Bates
  5. 1999Heat, 8 deaths Adams; Bond; Brown; Calhoun
  6. 2013Heat, 8 deaths Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert; Carroll
  7. 2012Excessive Heat, 7 deaths Adair; Andrew; Atchison; Bates
  8. 2005Heat, 6 deaths Bucks; Chester; Delaware; Montgomery
  9. 2013Heat, 5 deaths Clark
  10. 1999Heat, 4 deaths Alexander; Edwards; Franklin; Gallatin
  11. 2016Heat, 4 deaths Clark
  12. 2006Heat, 3 deaths Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert; Carroll
  13. 2015Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $3.0 million Brown; Clark; Clinton; Miami

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1946M5.5, near Amboy, CA San Bernardino County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2016Pioneer Fire, 189,508 acres ID
  2. 2024Battle Mountain Complex, 180,508 acres OR
  3. 2009Big Creek Fire, 174,888 acres AK
  4. 2007Winecup Complex (West Fork), 159,891 acres NV, UT
  5. 2002Yetna River Fire, 156,079 acres AK
  6. 2007Poe Cabin Fire, 59,657 acres ID, OR
  7. 2024Swawilla I Fire, 53,784 acres WA
  8. 2003Wedge Canyon Fire, 51,995 acres MT