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August 16

34 entries from the federal record fall on August 16, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1861Unnamed storm, category 1 near Monroe County, FL
  2. 1888Unnamed storm, category 3 near Miami-Dade County, FL
  3. 1971Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Taylor County, FL
  4. 1994Beryl, tropical storm near Calhoun County, FL
  5. 2003Erika, category 1 near Hidalgo County, TX
  6. 2009Claudette, tropical storm near Jefferson County, FL
  7. 2021Fred, tropical storm near Franklin County, FL

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1963F3, 9.6 mile path Columbia, WI
  2. 1963F3, 9.6 mile path Columbia, WI
  3. 1963F3, 9.6 mile path Columbia, WI
  4. 1973F3, 0.1 mile path Riverside, CA
  5. 1985F3, 45 mile path Morgan, AL; Limestone, AL
  6. 1985F3, 32 mile path Cullman, AL; Morgan, AL
  7. 1985F3, 12 mile path Giles, TN
  8. 1994F3, 8 mile path Lexington, SC
  9. 1994F3, 0.3 mile path Lexington, SC
  10. 1994F3, 30 mile path Union, SC; Spartanburg, SC
  11. 1985F2, 1.3 mile path, 1 killed Walker, AL
  12. 1997F1, 0.5 mile path, 1 killed Sullivan, PA

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2023Excessive Heat, 9 deaths Cochise; Graham; Pima; Santa Cruz
  2. 2022Heat, 8 deaths Maricopa
  3. 2007Flash Flood, 4 deaths, $17.4 million Bandera; Bastrop; Bexar; Blanco
  4. 1997Heat, 3 deaths Allegany; Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert
  5. 2007Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $750,000 Harris

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1906M8.3, Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  2. 1931M6.3, Valentine, Texas Jeff Davis County, TX
  3. 1966M5.9, near Caliente, Nevada Lincoln County, NV

Wildfires

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

  1. 2020Scu Lightning Complex, 405,644 acres CA
  2. 2020Beachie Creek Fire, 194,483 acres OR
  3. 2025Cottonwood Peak Fire, 137,796 acres NV
  4. 2020Czu Aug Lightning Fire, 85,839 acres CA
  5. 2007Wautoma Fire, 77,978 acres WA
  6. 2001Moose Fire, 73,249 acres MT
  7. 2020River Fire, 51,566 acres CA