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October 2

10 entries from the federal record fall on October 2, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1860Unnamed storm, category 2 near St. Mary Parish, LA
  2. 1885Unnamed storm, category 1 near Dare County, NC
  3. 1893Unnamed storm, category 4 near Jefferson Parish, LA
  4. 1895Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Monroe County, FL
  5. 1898Unnamed storm, category 4 near Nassau County, FL
  6. 1969Jenny, tropical storm near Collier County, FL

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1915M6.0, Pleasant Valley, Nevada (Foreshock) Pershing County, NV
  2. 1915M6.8, Pleasant Valley, Nevada Pershing County, NV
  3. 1928M5.0, near Seeley, California Imperial County, CA
  4. 2009M5.2, near Olancha, CA Inyo County, CA