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September 14

25 entries from the federal record fall on September 14, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1904Unnamed storm, category 1 near Charleston County, SC
  2. 1910Unnamed storm, category 2 near Willacy County, TX
  3. 1912Unnamed storm, category 1 near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  4. 1944Unnamed storm, category 3 near Craven County, NC
  5. 1971Heidi, tropical storm near Nantucket County, MA
  6. 2001Gabrielle, tropical storm near Charlotte County, FL
  7. 2002Hanna, tropical storm near Jackson County, MS
  8. 2005Ophelia, category 1 near Brunswick County, NC
  9. 2018Florence, category 2 near Hyde County, NC
  10. 2021Nicholas, category 1 near Matagorda County, TX

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1957F4, 67.5 mile path, 2 killed Cleveland, OK; Pottawatomie, OK; Seminole, OK
  2. 1965F3, 6.6 mile path Peoria, IL
  3. 1990F3, 24 mile path Oakland, MI
  4. 1977F2, 2 mile path, 1 killed Lawrence, AR

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2015Flash Flood, 20 deaths, $750,000 Washington
  2. 1999Hurricane (Typhoon), 13 deaths, $411 million Beaufort; Carteret; Craven; Dare
  3. 2018Excessive Heat, 8 deaths Gila; Maricopa; Pinal
  4. 2018Flash Flood, 6 deaths, $3.4 million Darlington; Dillon; Georgetown; Horry
  5. 2008High Wind, 5 deaths, $581 million Adams; Auglaize; Brown; Butler

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1919M6.1, near Naalehu, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  2. 1941M6.0, Mammoth Lakes area, California Mono County, CA
  3. 1941M5.5, Mammoth Lakes area, California Mono County, CA
  4. 1941M6.0, Mammoth Lakes area, California Mono County, CA
  5. 1941M5.0, Mammoth Lakes area, California Mono County, CA
  6. 1963M5.4, near Aromas, California San Benito County, CA