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August 3

21 entries from the federal record fall on August 3, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1877Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Hyde County, NC
  2. 1881Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Baldwin County, AL
  3. 1898Unnamed storm, category 1 near Franklin County, FL
  4. 1970Celia, category 4 near Nueces County, TX
  5. 1983Gil, tropical storm near Kauai County, HI
  6. 1995Erin, category 2 near Walton County, FL
  7. 2004Alex, category 2 near Dare County, NC

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1963F3, 0.1 mile path, 2 killed Allegheny, PA
  2. 2020EF3, 10 mile path, 2 killed Bertie, NC
  3. 1981F3, 12.8 mile path Turner, SD

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1997Flash Flood, 11 deaths, $352,000 Apache; Coconino; Gila; Navajo
  2. 1998Heat, 5 deaths Dallas
  3. 1998Heat, 3 deaths Harris

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1916M5.6, Elko County, Nevada Elko County, NV
  2. 1916M5.8, Elko County, Nevada Elko County, NV
  3. 1916M5.0, Northcentral Nevada Elko County, NV
  4. 1960M6.5, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Wildfires

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

  1. 2012Trinity Ridge Fire, 141,762 acres ID
  2. 1999Mule Butte Fire, 138,309 acres ID
  3. 2014Big Cougar Fire, 65,339 acres ID, OR, WA
  4. 2012Freedom Hill Fire, 57,146 acres OK