Portal:Weather/On this day list/June
June 1: Start of the Central Pacific and Atlantic hurricane seasons
[edit]1988: Tropical Depression One brought over 40 inches (100 cm) of rain to parts of Cuba, killing 37 people due to flooding.
June 2
[edit]1990: Thirty-seven tornadoes struck the US state of Indiana, the most ever recorded in that state in a single day.
June 3
[edit]2007: Cyclone Gonu became the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Arabian Sea, with maximum sustained winds of 270 kilometres per hour (170 mph), eventually causing more than $4 billion (2007 USD) in damage in Oman and Iran.
June 4
[edit]2014: Tropical Storm Boris dissipated over the Gulf of Tehuantepec, but not before causing significant damage, flooding, and landslides that killed 6 people in Guatemala and southern Mexico.
June 5
[edit]1934: A tropical storm struck the coast of Belize (then known as British Honduras). The storm would meander through Central America for several days, causing flooding which killed as many as 3,000 people.
June 6
[edit]1989: Typhoon Dot made landfall on the island of Samar, Philippines, causing widespread flooding and power outages.
June 7
[edit]1993: Levees began to be overtopped, marking the start of the Great Flood of 1993, one of the worst floods in US history.
June 8
[edit]1966: A tornado, one of the costliest in history, tracked across Topeka, Kansas, destroying a large portion of the city and killing 18 people.
June 9
[edit]1998: A severe tropical cyclone made landfall in Gujarat, India, killing an estimated 10,000 people.
June 10
[edit]2005: A severe flood struck the town of Shalan in the Heilongjiang province of China, killing more than 100 people.
June 11
[edit]2007: A series of mudslides after days of heavy rain killed more than 100 people in and around the city of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
June 12
[edit]1899: The New Richmond tornado completely destroyed the village of New Richmond, Wisconsin.
June 13
[edit]1977: A tropical cyclone made landfall on Masirah Island, Oman, killing more than 100 people in the country.
June 14
[edit]1903: A major flash flood destroyed a large portion of the town of Heppner, Oregon, killing 247 people. This remains the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the state of Oregon.
June 15
[edit]1892: A violent tornado killed 12 people in Southern Minnesota.
June 16
[edit]2014: A tornado outbreak began across the Midwestern United States, including simultaneous EF4 tornadoes near Pilger, Nebraska that were broadcast live on national television.
June 17
[edit]1971: Hurricane Bridget reached peak intensity just off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico, killing 17 people in the area.
June 18
[edit]1982: A subtropical storm struck eastern Florida, causing flooding and tornadoes which killed three people.
June 19
[edit]1835: A tornado struck the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey, destroying nearly 150 houses and killing 5 people. This was the deadliest tornado in the history of the state.
June 20
[edit]2010: An F2 tornado struck the downtown area of Billings, Montana, causing major damage but only minor injuries.
June 21
[edit]1989: Hurricane Cosme made landfall near Acapulco. Major flooding occurred due to the storm's large size, and 30 people were killed.
June 22
[edit]2007: The first F5 tornado in Canadian history struck the town of Elie, Manitoba.
June 23
[edit]1544: Artemius of Verkola, a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church, was killed by lightning.
June 24
[edit]2021: A violent tornado struck the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, killing 6 people and injuring more than 200.
June 25
[edit]1953: Heavy rainfall that would last for more than 3 days began over northern Kyushu, Japan, causing deadly flooding that would kill more than 1,000 people.
June 26
[edit]1959: The first WSR-57 weather radar went online in Miami, Florida.
June 27
[edit]1933: A hurricane passed near Trinidad and made landfall in northern Venezuela, killing 13 people in Trinidad and "a number" of people in Venezuela.
June 28
[edit]2019: A severe heat wave across southern France culminated with a national-record high temperature of 46.0 °C (114.8 °F) measured at Vérargues, Hérault, nearly 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) higher than the previous record.
June 29
[edit]2012: A severe derecho killed 28 people and caused almost $3 billion in damage in the eastern United States.
June 30
[edit]1912: The Regina Cyclone killed 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan, making it the deadliest tornado in Canadian history.