Portal:Weather/On this day list/July 23
July 23[edit]
1961: Hurricane Anna made landfall in Honduras, causing minor damage.
2001: The GOES 12 weather satellite was launched. Part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program, GOES 12 would provide weather forecasting data to the United States until its retirement in 2013.
2010: The largest hailstone ever measured (by diameter) fell near Vivian, South Dakota. The hailstone was measured at 8.0 inches (20 cm) across.
2012: Typhoon Vicente made landfall over Taishan, Guangdong, China. The storm killed 32 people, in addition to causing an environmental disaster when 7 shipping containers of polypropylene plastic pellets were washed into the sea near Hong Kong.
2014: TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashed near Penghu Airport on Magong Island, Taiwan, killing 44 of 54 on board. Bad weather due to the passage of Typhoon Matmo was partially blamed for the crash.