October 25

11 entries from the federal record fall on October 25, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

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

  1. 1897Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Currituck County, NC
  2. 1921Unnamed storm, category 3 near Charlotte County, FL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2003Wildfire, 14 deaths, $1.0 billion San Diego
  2. 2008High Surf, 6 deaths Coos; Curry; Douglas
  3. 2003Wildfire, 4 deaths, $696 million San Bernardino

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1913M5.8, Kilauea area, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  2. 1982M5.4, near Three Rocks, California Fresno County, CA
  3. 2022M5.1, near Alum Rock, CA Santa Clara County, CA

Wildfires

Fires of 50,000 acres or more that began on this date.

  1. 2003Cedar Fire, 268,142 acres CA
  2. 2003Simi Fire, 107,745 acres CA
  3. 2003Old Fire, 90,111 acres CA