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September 26

19 entries from the federal record fall on September 26, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1888Unnamed storm, category 1 near Barnstable County, MA
  2. 1939Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  3. 1953Florence, category 1 near Okaloosa County, FL
  4. 2002Isidore, tropical storm near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  5. 2004Jeanne, category 3 near Martin County, FL

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1951F4, 26.4 mile path, 6 killed Portage, WI; Waupaca, WI
  2. 1951F4, 9 mile path, 1 killed Columbia, WI
  3. 1959F4, 7.8 mile path Wright, MO
  4. 1976F3, 4.9 mile path, 1 killed Jackson, IN
  5. 1976F3, 14.6 mile path, 1 killed Jefferson, IN
  6. 1959F3, 35.2 mile path Poinsett, AR; Mississippi, AR; Lauderdale, TN
  7. 1977F3, 5.9 mile path Somerset, NJ
  8. 1951F2, 2.3 mile path, 1 killed Newaygo, MI
  9. 1959F2, 4.9 mile path, 1 killed Warren, IL
  10. 1982F2, 4 mile path, 1 killed Okeechobee, FL
  11. 2024EF1, 0.7 mile path, 2 killed Wheeler, GA
  12. 1976F1, 1 mile path, 1 killed Grant, KY

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1996Flash Flood, 4 deaths Cherokee

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1929M5.1, near Barstow, California San Bernardino County, CA