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October 4

20 entries from the federal record fall on October 4, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1868Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Gulf County, FL
  2. 1869Unnamed storm, category 2 near Barnstable County, MA
  3. 1871Unnamed storm, category 1 near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  4. 1916Unnamed storm, tropical storm near McIntosh County, GA
  5. 1949Unnamed storm, category 2 near Brazoria County, TX
  6. 1951How, category 2 near Carteret County, NC
  7. 1964Hilda, category 2 near St. Mary Parish, LA
  8. 1995Opal, category 4 near Plaquemines Parish, LA
  9. 2018Walaka, category 3 near Honolulu County, HI

Tornadoes

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

  1. 2013EF4, 18.3 mile path Wayne, NE; Dixon, NE
  2. 2013EF4, 24.7 mile path Woodbury, IA; Cherokee, IA
  3. 1959F3, 27.6 mile path Dallas, TX; Rockwall, TX; Collin, TX
  4. 1998F3, 10 mile path Seminole, OK; Pottawatomie, OK
  5. 2013EF3, 6.4 mile path Knox, NE
  6. 1995F2, 1.8 mile path, 1 killed Okaloosa, FL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 1998Flash Flood, 10 deaths, $28.8 million Buchanan; Carroll; Cass; Clay

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1967M5.0, near Marysvale, Utah Sevier County, UT
  2. 1978M5.2, near Aspen Springs, California Mono County, CA
  3. 1978M5.1, near Sunny Slopes, California Mono County, CA
  4. 1987M5.2, near Rosemead, CA Los Angeles County, CA