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December 18

21 entries from the federal record fall on December 18, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1957F5, 5.4 mile path, 1 killed Perry, IL
  2. 1957F4, 28.3 mile path, 11 killed Jackson, IL; Williamson, IL; Franklin, IL
  3. 1957F4, 16.8 mile path, 1 killed Jefferson, IL
  4. 2002F3, 9.8 mile path, 1 killed Faulkner, AR
  5. 1957F3, 20.2 mile path Randolph, IL; Perry, IL
  6. 1957F3, 17.7 mile path Randolph, IL; Perry, IL
  7. 1957F3, 2.5 mile path Perry, IL
  8. 1957F3, 5.7 mile path Randolph, IL
  9. 1957F3, 19.6 mile path Wayne, IL; Clay, IL
  10. 1957F3, 4.5 mile path Jasper, IL
  11. 1957F3, 2.5 mile path Hamilton, IL
  12. 1957F3, 19.8 mile path Hamilton, IL; White, IL; Edwards, IL
  13. 1967F3, 7.6 mile path Sumter, AL
  14. 1957F2, 0.5 mile path, 3 killed Scott, MO
  15. 1967F2, 22.9 mile path, 2 killed Morgan, AL; Madison, AL
  16. 1957F2, 2.7 mile path, 1 killed St. Francois, MO
  17. 2002F1, 9.5 mile path, 1 killed Barton, MO

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2011Heavy Snow, 5 deaths, $306,000 Bernalillo; Catron; Cibola; Colfax
  2. 2005Cold/Wind Chill, 4 deaths Cook

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1967M5.3, near Corralitos, California Santa Cruz County, CA
  2. 2007M7.2, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK