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October 12

12 entries from the federal record fall on October 12, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1878Unnamed storm, category 1 near Dare County, NC
  2. 1886Unnamed storm, category 3 near Cameron Parish, LA
  3. 1900Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Dixie County, FL
  4. 1987Floyd, category 1 near Monroe County, FL
  5. 2002Kyle, tropical storm near Hyde County, NC

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1957F3, 8.2 mile path Grant, NM
  2. 1969F3, 45.9 mile path Dallas, TX; Collin, TX
  3. 1978F3, 7.3 mile path Columbiana, OH
  4. 2001F3, 2.5 mile path Gillespie, TX

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1926M6.7, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  2. 1935M5.9, near Helena, Montana Lewis and Clark County, MT
  3. 2009M6.5, near Nikolski, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK