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August 23

19 entries from the federal record fall on August 23, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1851Unnamed storm, category 3 near Bay County, FL
  2. 1879Unnamed storm, category 2 near Chambers County, TX
  3. 1893Unnamed storm, category 2 near Dare County, NC
  4. 1933Unnamed storm, category 1 near Carteret County, NC

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1968F3, 8.5 mile path Barnes, ND; Stutsman, ND
  2. 1998F3, 5.1 mile path Door, WI

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2020Excessive Heat, 20 deaths Gila; La Paz; Maricopa; Pinal
  2. 1998Flash Flood, 9 deaths, $40.1 million Edwards; Kinney; Val Verde
  3. 2022Heat, 7 deaths Maricopa
  4. 1998Flash Flood, 4 deaths, $930,000 Edwards; Kinney; Real; Uvalde
  5. 2002Lightning, 4 deaths Greene
  6. 2020Heat, 4 deaths Cochise; Graham; Pima; Santa Cruz

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1954M6.5, near Fallon Station, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  2. 1954M5.2, near Fallon Station, Nevada Churchill County, NV
  3. 1962M5.9, near Hiouchi, California Del Norte County, CA
  4. 2011M5.8, near Mineral, Virginia Louisa County, VA

Wildfires

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

  1. 1999Megram- Orleans Fire, 125,231 acres CA
  2. 2000Mule Dry Fire, 90,233 acres WA
  3. 2006Sailor Cap Fire, 62,679 acres ID