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August 1

42 entries from the federal record fall on August 1, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1867Unnamed storm, category 2 near Onslow County, NC
  2. 1899Unnamed storm, category 2 near Franklin County, FL
  3. 1915Unnamed storm, category 1 near Brevard County, FL
  4. 1944Unnamed storm, category 1 near New Hanover County, NC
  5. 1955Brenda, tropical storm near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  6. 1973Alfa, subtropical storm near Nantucket County, MA
  7. 1989Chantal, category 1 near Chambers County, TX

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2006F3, 1.5 mile path Watonwan, MN

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2023Excessive Heat, 58 deaths Gila; La Paz; Maricopa; Pinal
  2. 2006Heat, 42 deaths Bronx; Kings; Nassau; New York
  3. 2020Excessive Heat, 40 deaths Gila; La Paz; Maricopa; Pinal
  4. 2021Excessive Heat, 25 deaths La Paz; Maricopa; Pinal; Yuma
  5. 2006Heat, 24 deaths Cook
  6. 2006Heat, 24 deaths Berks; Bucks; Chester; Delaware
  7. 2018Heat, 18 deaths Clark
  8. 2002Heat, 17 deaths Allegany; Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert
  9. 2023Excessive Heat, 15 deaths Anderson; Bell; Bosque; Collin
  10. 2006Heat, 14 deaths Allegany; Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert
  11. 2011Excessive Heat, 14 deaths Anderson; Bell; Collin; Cooke
  12. 2023Excessive Heat, 13 deaths Pima; Pinal; Santa Cruz
  13. 2022Heat, 12 deaths Maricopa
  14. 2023Heat, 12 deaths Cochise; Pima; Pinal
  15. 1999Heat, 9 deaths Allendale; Beaufort; Berkeley; Charleston
  16. 2002Heat, 9 deaths Berks; Bucks; Carbon; Chester
  17. 2006Heat, 8 deaths, $10,000 Alfalfa; Atoka; Beckham; Blaine
  18. 2010Excessive Heat, 7 deaths Carroll; Chester; Crockett; Decatur
  19. 1997Flash Flood, 6 deaths, $39,000 Cochise; Greenlee; Pima; Pinal
  20. 1999Heat, 6 deaths Austin; Brazoria; Brazos; Burleson

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1975M5.7, Oroville, California Butte County, CA
  2. 1980M5.4, near Mammoth Lakes, California Mono County, CA
  3. 1986M5.1, near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California Mono County, CA
  4. 1999M5.7, near Goldfield, Nevada Nye County, NV
  5. 1999M5.1, near Goldfield, Nevada Nye County, NV
  6. 2007M6.7, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Wildfires

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

  1. 2015Rough Fire, 146,362 acres CA
  2. 2021Antelope Fire, 141,890 acres CA
  3. 2022Cedar Creek Fire, 136,259 acres OR
  4. 2012Chalky Fire, 132,639 acres MT
  5. 2025Gifford Fire, 130,896 acres CA
  6. 2005Chicken Mountain Fire, 103,368 acres AK
  7. 2021Mccash Fire, 95,698 acres CA
  8. 2014South Fork Complex, 66,753 acres OR