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October 1

13 entries from the federal record fall on October 1, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1919Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Liberty County, GA
  2. 1943Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Accomack County, VA
  3. 1969Unnamed storm, subtropical storm near Franklin County, FL

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1971F3, 11.2 mile path O'Brien, IA; Clay, IA
  2. 1977F3, 0.7 mile path Hamilton, OH
  3. 1986F3, 1 mile path Doddridge, WV
  4. 1989F2, 10 mile path, 2 killed Colquitt, GA
  5. 1977F1, 0.5 mile path, 1 killed Harrison, IN

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1969M5.3, near Bloomfield, California Sonoma County, CA
  2. 1969M5.3, Northern California Sonoma County, CA
  3. 1982M5.1, near Inyokern, CA Kern County, CA
  4. 1987M5.9, Whittier Narrows, California Los Angeles County, CA
  5. 2009M5.0, near Olancha, CA Inyo County, CA