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September 29

19 entries from the federal record fall on September 29, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1863Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Galveston County, TX
  2. 1877Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Carteret County, NC
  3. 1896Unnamed storm, category 3 near Levy County, FL
  4. 1905Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Vermilion Parish, LA
  5. 1915Unnamed storm, category 3 near Lafourche Parish, LA
  6. 1924Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Lowndes County, GA
  7. 1935Unnamed storm, category 4 near Miami-Dade County, FL
  8. 1959Gracie, category 4 near Beaufort County, SC
  9. 1965Debbie, tropical storm near Lafourche Parish, LA

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1966F3, 4.5 mile path Cuyahoga, OH
  2. 1972F3, 45.5 mile path Tippah, MS; Prentiss, MS; Tishomingo, MS
  3. 1974F3, 0.1 mile path Middlesex, MA; Essex, MA
  4. 1963F2, 85.8 mile path, 3 killed Robeson, NC; Cumberland, NC; Sampson, NC

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2000Wildfire, $547 million Tehama

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1916M5.7, Eastern San Diego County, California San Diego County, CA
  2. 1921M5.2, near Central Valley, Utah Sevier County, UT
  3. 1992M6.6, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  4. 2004M5.0, near Parkfield, California Monterey County, CA
  5. 2004M5.0, near Bodfish, California Kern County, CA