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September 16

27 entries from the federal record fall on September 16, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1855Unnamed storm, category 3 near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  2. 1858Unnamed storm, category 2 near Dare County, NC
  3. 1859Unnamed storm, category 1 near Mobile County, AL
  4. 1875Unnamed storm, category 3 near Kleberg County, TX
  5. 1928Unnamed storm, category 4 near Broward County, FL
  6. 1933Unnamed storm, category 2 near Jones County, NC
  7. 1967Doria, category 1 near Sussex County, DE
  8. 1970Felice, tropical storm near Galveston County, TX
  9. 1971Edith, category 1 near Cameron Parish, LA
  10. 1999Floyd, category 2 near Horry County, SC
  11. 2004Ivan, category 3 near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  12. 2020Sally, category 2 near Mobile County, AL

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1962F4, 0.5 mile path Olmsted, MN
  2. 1978F3, 31.8 mile path, 6 killed Marshall, IA; Jasper, IA; Poweshiek, IA
  3. 2010EF3, 9.1 mile path, 1 killed Meigs, OH; Wood, WV
  4. 1971F3, 7.3 mile path East Baton Rouge, LA
  5. 2004F2, 5.5 mile path, 1 killed Franklin, GA
  6. 2006F2, 8 mile path, 1 killed Hennepin, MN; Anoka, MN
  7. 1955F1, 10.4 mile path, 1 killed Mille Lacs, MN; Kanabec, MN
  8. 2010EF1, 4 mile path, 1 killed Queens, NY

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1999Flash Flood, 6 deaths, $60.0 million Berks; Bucks; Carbon; Chester
  2. 2004Debris Flow, 4 deaths, $5.8 million Graham; Macon; Swain
  3. 1999Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $510 million Atlantic; Burlington; Camden; Cape May
  4. 1999Flash Flood, 3 deaths, $35.4 million Bergen; Essex; Hudson; Passaic
  5. 2004Flood, 3 deaths, $15.0 million Haywood
  6. 2004Flood, 2 deaths, $50.0 million Buncombe

Earthquakes

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

  1. 2024M5.1, North of Tarzan, Texas Martin County, TX