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October 18

28 entries from the federal record fall on October 18, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1906Unnamed storm, category 3 near Miami-Dade County, FL
  2. 1916Unnamed storm, category 2 near Escambia County, FL
  3. 1923Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Harrison County, MS
  4. 1944Unnamed storm, category 3 near Monroe County, FL
  5. 1950King, category 4 near Miami-Dade County, FL
  6. 1959Judith, tropical storm near Lee County, FL
  7. 1965Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Volusia County, FL
  8. 1999Irene, category 2 near Dare County, NC

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1984F3, 26 mile path, 1 killed Oregon, MO; Shannon, MO
  2. 1990F3, 5 mile path, 1 killed King William, VA
  3. 1990F3, 3.5 mile path Orange, VA
  4. 1990F3, 12 mile path Union, NC
  5. 1990F3, 0.5 mile path Somerset, NJ
  6. 2007EF3, 7 mile path Daviess, KY
  7. 2007EF3, 4.8 mile path Clark, IN
  8. 2007EF3, 20.3 mile path Marshall, IN; Kosciusko, IN; Elkhart, IN
  9. 2004F2, 0.5 mile path, 3 killed Pemiscot, MO
  10. 2007EF2, 19 mile path, 2 killed Ingham, MI; Shiawassee, MI
  11. 1984F2, 5 mile path, 1 killed Titus, TX
  12. 1993F2, 2 mile path, 1 killed Rains, TX
  13. 1998F2, 1 mile path, 1 killed Waller, TX
  14. 2007EF2, 4.5 mile path, 1 killed Kalkaska, MI

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1912M6.7, near Attu Station, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK
  2. 1916M5.1, Near Irondale, Alabama Jefferson County, AL
  3. 1935M6.1, The 1935 Helena, Montana Earthquakes (Mainshock) Lewis and Clark County, MT
  4. 1961M5.1, near Little Lake, CA Inyo County, CA
  5. 1964M5.0, near Richmond, Utah Cache County, UT
  6. 1984M5.3, near Esterbrook, Wyoming Albany County, WY