Every day of April and what happened on it, in any year, with the month’s most significant events.
Tornadoes
128 tornadoes were recorded on April 3, 1974, in North Carolina, Indiana, Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama and more, 30 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 308 people.
Tornadoes
210 tornadoes were recorded on April 27, 2011, in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio, Arkansas and more, 15 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 319 people.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
An unnamed storm reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph) with a central pressure of 918 mb, a category 5 storm.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Kathmandu, India, China, Bangladesh, Nepal. It killed 8,957 people, left 3 missing, injured 24,000, destroyed 498,852 houses and did $6 billion in damage.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Pontotoc, Lee counties, Mississippi and tracked 15.1 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, killing 216 and injuring 700. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Tupelo, MS.
Tornadoes
45 tornadoes were recorded on April 11, 1965, in Oklahoma, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, 17 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 260 people.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Gray, Roberts, Hemphill counties, Texas and tracked 207.8 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 181 and injuring 970. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Glazier/Higgins, TX and Woodward, OK to KS.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Kangra, India. It killed 19,000 people, destroyed 100,000 houses and did $25 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Kangra, India. It killed 19,000 people, destroyed 100,000 houses and did $25 million in damage.
Volcanoes
Tambora, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7. It killed 60,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Earthquakes
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the countries of Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh. 1 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X (Extreme).
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Tabriz, Iran. It killed 40,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Volcanoes
The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée was a volcanic eruption on the island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the eastern Caribbean, which was one of the deadliest eruptions in recorded history. Eruptive activity began on 23 April as a series of phreatic eruptions from the summit of Mount Pelée.
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Tsunamis
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Tambora, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 4 meters. It killed 60,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Edwards, Real counties, Texas and tracked 36.4 miles, 1,600 yards wide at its widest, killing 74 and injuring 205. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Rocksprings, TX.
Gathered from this site’s archives: the tornado record (NOAA SPC, and Grazulis before 1950), IBTrACS and the National Hurricane Center, NOAA NCEI’s Storm Events Database, Regional Snowfall Index, billion-dollar disasters list, State Climate Extremes Committee and hazard databases, USGS, NIFC, GFZ Potsdam’s Kp index (CC BY 4.0), the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma, and Wikidata (CC0), with article leads from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0, each credited where it appears. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.