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September 9

18 entries from the federal record fall on September 9, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1880Unnamed storm, category 1 near Dare County, NC
  2. 1881Unnamed storm, category 2 near Horry County, SC
  3. 1888Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Levy County, FL
  4. 1900Unnamed storm, category 4 near Galveston County, TX
  5. 1959Patsy, category 2 near Honolulu County, HI
  6. 1969Gerda, category 3 near Nantucket County, MA
  7. 2007Gabrielle, tropical storm near Jones County, NC
  8. 2021Mindy, tropical storm near Franklin County, FL

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1970F3, 4.7 mile path Dubuque, IA

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2017Tropical Storm, 38 deaths, $523 million Broward; Collier; Glades; Hendry
  2. 2017Hurricane (Typhoon), 9 deaths Monroe
  3. 2023Excessive Heat, 7 deaths Pima; Pinal
  4. 2000Dust Storm, 4 deaths Granite; Lake; Missoula; Powell

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1931M5.8, near the coast of Northern California Humboldt County, CA
  2. 1931M5.9, near Leggett, California Mendocino County, CA
  3. 1983M5.5, near Coalinga, California Fresno County, CA
  4. 1983M5.7, near Fern Forest, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI

Wildfires

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

  1. 2015Butte Fire, 72,913 acres CA