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October 3

16 entries from the federal record fall on October 3, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1877Unnamed storm, category 3 near Bay County, FL
  2. 1927Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Colleton County, SC
  3. 1937Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Vermilion Parish, LA
  4. 2002Lili, category 2 near Terrebonne Parish, LA

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1964F4, 1.5 mile path, 22 killed Lafourche, LA
  2. 1979F4, 11.3 mile path, 3 killed Hartford, CT
  3. 1992F3, 2.6 mile path, 3 killed Pinellas, FL
  4. 1970F3, 35.4 mile path, 1 killed Worcester, MA; Middlesex, MA
  5. 1992F2, 3 mile path, 1 killed Pinellas, FL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2015Flash Flood, 10 deaths, $75.0 million Calhoun; Chesterfield; Clarendon; Fairfield
  2. 2013Blizzard, 9 deaths Bennett; Butte; Custer; Fall River
  3. 2008Winter Weather, 4 deaths Alpine; El Dorado; Mono; Nevada
  4. 2002Hurricane (Typhoon), $368 million Acadia; Allen; Avoyelles; Beauregard

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1941M6.5, near Ferndale, California Humboldt County, CA
  2. 1954M6.8, near Sterling, Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
  3. 1994M5.2, near Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), Mexico Yuma County, AZ