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September 4

21 entries from the federal record fall on September 4, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1874Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Cameron County, TX
  2. 1915Unnamed storm, category 1 near Bay County, FL
  3. 1933Unnamed storm, category 3 near Palm Beach County, FL
  4. 1948Unnamed storm, category 1 near Vermilion Parish, LA
  5. 1949Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Terrebonne Parish, LA
  6. 1957Della, category 1 near Honolulu County, HI
  7. 1973Delia, category 1 near Cameron Parish, LA

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2021Heat, 15 deaths Maricopa
  2. 2020Heat, 8 deaths Cochise; Graham; Greenlee; Pima
  3. 1996Hurricane (Typhoon), 4 deaths, $792 million Beaufort; Carteret; Craven; Dare
  4. 2004Tropical Storm, 4 deaths Alachua; Baker; Bradford; Clay
  5. 2004Hurricane (Typhoon), $4.8 billion Brevard; Indian River; Martin; St. Lucie
  6. 2004Hurricane (Typhoon), $587 million Broward; Collier; Glades; Hendry

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1928M5.2, near Jackpot, Nevada Owyhee County, ID
  2. 1955M5.8, near Boulder Creek, California Santa Cruz County, CA
  3. 1965M6.8, near Ouzinkie, Alaska Kodiak Island Borough, AK
  4. 1977M6.6, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  5. 1981M5.5, near Santa Barbara Is., CA Santa Barbara County, CA
  6. 1989M7.0, near Chignik, Alaska Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Wildfires

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

  1. 2006Day Fire, 159,718 acres CA
  2. 2019Walker Fire, 58,769 acres CA