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September 30

14 entries from the federal record fall on September 30, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1857Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Cameron County, TX
  2. 1920Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Hernando County, FL
  3. 1971Ginger, tropical storm near Hyde County, NC
  4. 1983Dean, tropical storm near Dare County, NC

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1959F3, 0.8 mile path, 11 killed Albemarle, VA
  2. 1959F3, 2 mile path, 1 killed Greene, VA
  3. 1959F3, 6.5 mile path Fluvanna, VA
  4. 1973F3, 0.1 mile path Hancock, IL
  5. 1954F2, 0.1 mile path, 1 killed Carroll, OH

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1971M5.0, near Westmorland, CA Imperial County, CA
  2. 1977M5.0, near Altamont, Utah Duchesne County, UT
  3. 1981M5.9, near Mammoth Lakes, California Mono County, CA

Wildfires

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

  1. 2011Indian Creek Fire, 115,812 acres NV
  2. 2011Chukkar Canyon Fire, 50,408 acres NV