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August 6

39 entries from the federal record fall on August 6, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1918Unnamed storm, category 3 near Cameron Parish, LA
  2. 2001Barry, tropical storm near Walton County, FL

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1969F4, 32.3 mile path, 12 killed Crow Wing, MN; Cass, MN; Aitkin, MN
  2. 1993F4, 1 mile path, 4 killed Dinwiddie, VA; Petersburg city, VA; Chesterfield, VA
  3. 1962F4, 11 mile path Jackson, KS
  4. 1969F3, 17.2 mile path, 2 killed St. Louis, MN; Lake, MN
  5. 1969F3, 12.5 mile path, 1 killed Aitkin, MN
  6. 1956F3, 28.3 mile path Oglala Lakota, SD; Bennett, SD
  7. 1962F3, 4.1 mile path Douglas, KS
  8. 1969F3, 17.3 mile path Cass, MN
  9. 1969F3, 10 mile path St. Louis, MN
  10. 1969F3, 7.2 mile path St. Louis, MN
  11. 1969F3, 18.4 mile path St. Louis, MN
  12. 1969F3, 3.8 mile path St. Louis, MN
  13. 1977F3, 4.1 mile path Sangamon, IL
  14. 1993F3, 2.9 mile path Middlesex, VA

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2001Heat, 22 deaths Berks; Bucks; Carbon; Chester
  2. 2001Heat, 14 deaths Cook
  3. 2011Heat, 13 deaths Collin; Dallas; Fannin; Hunt
  4. 2025Excessive Heat, 13 deaths Cochise; Graham; Greenlee; Pima
  5. 2018Excessive Heat, 10 deaths Clark
  6. 2001Heat, 9 deaths Allegany; Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert
  7. 2017Heat, 6 deaths Clark
  8. 2018Heat, 6 deaths Baltimore; Baltimore city
  9. 2022Heat, 6 deaths Maricopa
  10. 2001Heat, 4 deaths Columbia; Dane; Dodge; Fond du Lac
  11. 2007Excessive Heat, 4 deaths Adair; Andrew; Atchison; Bates

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1916M5.8, Near Paicines, California San Benito County, CA
  2. 1973M5.1, near Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA Ventura County, CA
  3. 1979M5.8, Coyote Lake, California Santa Clara County, CA
  4. 2024M5.2, near Lamont, CA Kern County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2024Paddock Fire, 186,702 acres ID
  2. 1990Campbell Fire, 128,188 acres CA
  3. 2012Barry Point Fire, 91,493 acres CA, OR
  4. 2001Unnamed Fire, 86,961 acres AZ
  5. 1985531047 Fire, 78,940 acres AK
  6. 1990Pine Springs Basin Fire, 71,241 acres OR
  7. 2019Pot Hole Fire, 67,803 acres ID
  8. 2024Warner Peak Fire, 66,560 acres OR