Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for August 10, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 8 earthquake struck N, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, China. It killed 10,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Lintong, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, China. It killed 1,900 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Earthquakes
5 earthquake struck the department of Chocó in Colombia, killing at least 335 people, injuring more than 4,600 others, leaving 111 confirmed missing and causing extensive damage across the country. The earthquake was felt across much of western and central Colombia and in parts of neighbouring Ecuador and Panama, and caused extensive damage in Cali, Pereira, Quibdó, Manizales, Armenia, Buenaventura, and other areas.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Choco, Colombia. It killed 335 people, left 105 missing, injured 4,516, destroyed 36,478 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Washington, Kit Carson counties, Colorado and tracked 20.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: ENE Thurman, CO.
Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $13 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 4, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 10, 2020 to August 10, 2020.
Floods
During mid-August 2013 parts of eastern Russia and northeastern China were stricken by heavy flooding. At least 85 people died from the floods and more than 105 others were left missing as of August 19.
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Billion-dollar disasters
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 2, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 10, 2021 to August 13, 2021.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
An unnamed storm crossed the coast near Dulac, LA as a category 4 hurricane, 130 kt (150 mph), central pressure 934 mb. S. state of Louisiana, as measured by maximum sustained winds.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Ludian, Yunnan Province, China. It killed 4 people, injured 600, destroyed 18,556 houses and did $50 million in damage.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Logan County, Colorado and tracked 0.1 miles, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Padroni, CO.
Tornadoes
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An F3 tornado touched down in Brown County, South Dakota and tracked 5.4 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Aberdeen, SD.
An F2 tornado touched down in Baca County, Colorado and tracked 7.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Two Buttes, CO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Washington, Kit Carson counties, Colorado and tracked 20.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: ENE Thurman, CO.
In the afternoon hours of 10 August 1924, an extremely rare, and violent tornado struck communities near Thurman in Washington County, Colorado, United States. The tornado traveled along a 8–10 mi (13–16 km) path, causing 11 fatalities and injuring 7 others.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Logan County, Colorado and tracked 0.1 miles, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Padroni, CO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lexington County, South Carolina and 35 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 9. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Batesburg, SC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Polk County, Wisconsin and tracked 6.8 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Clear Lake/Clayton, WI.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lucas, Warren counties, Iowa and tracked 11.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Liberty Center to W Milo, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Yavapai County, Arizona and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jasper County, Illinois and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Coles County, Illinois and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
25 tornadoes were recorded on August 10, 1974, in Illinois.
An F2 tornado touched down in Worcester County, Massachusetts and tracked 9.7 miles, 30 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 2.
TORNADO MOVED SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH THROUGH THE WEST PORTION OF INDIANOLA. DAMAGE INCLUDED NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED, A GARAGE DESTROYED, SECTIONS OF ROOFS BLOWN OFF, CAMPERS FLIPPED, AND WINDOWS, TV ANTENNAES, GRAIN BINS, GUTTERS, AND SHINGLES DAMAGED.
A tornado touched down but did no damage.
A vigorous upper level storm system and strong cold front produced a widespread severe weather outbreak in northeastern Montana. The majority of the events were high wind, a few reports of large hail, and two tornadoes.
A complex and lengthy severe weather event occurred over west and central North Dakota starting in the morning of Friday, August 10th, and lasting into the early morning hours of Saturday, August 11th.
Once again the atmosphere over Iowa became very unstable during the peak heating of the day. CAPE rose to 3500-4500 J/kg by the mid to late afternoon with lifted indices of -8 to -10 C.
As an upper level disturbance lifted into eastern North Dakota, a semi-circle of thunderstorms formed around its northern and eastern periphery. As a segment of these storms moved north of Mayville, they produced a brief tornado near Holmes.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Mayes, Cherokee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 5 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of August 10th near a stationary frontal boundary that extended across eastern Oklahoma.
A trough of low pressure helped trigger isolated severe storms, which impacted Suffolk County. This storm produced a tornado.
During the late morning through the afternoon of Monday August 10th, a line of intense thunderstorms known as a derecho brought widespread severe wind damage across Iowa, northern Illinois and northern Indiana.
Basic Summary: A cluster of storms in northeast Nebraska and southeast South Dakota developed into the destructive derecho that raced eastward across large portions of Iowa, northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, northern Indiana, and southern Michigan during the morning and…
A powerful line of severe thunderstorms produced a derecho which tracked across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois on the afternoon of Monday, August 10th, resulting in widespread straight line wind damage.
Convectively enhanced vorticity max lead to initiation of storms overnight Sunday across southern South Dakota. These initial storms grew upscale given concurrent downstream destabilization through northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa.
27 tornadoes were recorded on August 10, 2020, in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, Indiana.
A hot and humid airmass was in place across the region. This resulted in scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of August 10th. Some of these storms became severe, with one storm producing an EF1 tornado in Washington County.
A line of severe thunderstorms ahead of an approaching cold front brought two tornadoes, flash flooding, and straight-line wind damage to far southern WI.
A late day frontal zone moved into an unstable airmass with up to 2000 J/kg MUCAPE and sparked several severe thunderstorms, which produced large hail up to golf ball size.
A powerful line of thunderstorms, bringing with it a broad swath of damaging winds, swept across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on the morning of August 10, 2025.
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An unnamed storm crossed the coast near Dulac, LA as a category 4 hurricane, 130 kt (150 mph), central pressure 934 mb. S. state of Louisiana, as measured by maximum sustained winds.
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An unnamed storm reached its peak of 130 kt (150 mph), a category 4 storm.
An unnamed storm crossed the coast near Deerfield Beach, FL as a tropical storm, 40 kt. The 1901 Louisiana hurricane was the first hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana in the month of August or earlier since 1888. The fourth tropical cyclone and second hurricane of the season, this storm developed southwest of the Azores on August 2.
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An unnamed storm crossed the coast near Panacea, FL as a tropical storm, 35 kt. The 1928 Fort Pierce hurricane devastated areas of Florida and the Southeastern United States in August 1928. The first tropical cyclone and hurricane of the annual hurricane season, the storm developed from a tropical wave first identified on August 3, 1928, north of the Virgin Islands.
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Hurricane Franklin crossed the coast near Misantla, Veracruz, Mexico as a category 1 hurricane, 70 kt (80 mph), central pressure 990 mb. Hurricane Franklin was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Mexican state of Veracruz since Hurricane Karl in 2010. The sixth named storm, first hurricane and the first of ten consecutive hurricanes of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Franklin formed on August 7 out of a tropical wave that was first tracked in the southeastern Caribbean Sea on August 3.
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The 2021 Pacific hurricane season was a moderately active Pacific hurricane season, with above-average activity in terms of number of named storms, but below-average activity in terms of major hurricanes, as 19 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes formed in all. It also had a near-normal accumulated cyclone energy (ACE).
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The 2024 Pacific typhoon season was a deadly and destructive season that became the deadliest since 2013. It was a below-average season in terms of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) but was slightly above average in the number of named storms, typhoons, and super typhoons, ending a four-year streak of below-average seasons that began in 2020.
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On August 10, 1992, torrential rain caused flooding over parts of north-central Oklahoma. Rain totals of more than four inches in just a few hours produced widespread street flooding in Enid and collapsed the roof of a meat company in the city. Much of the Enid Correctional Center was severely damaged as all of the first floor housing units suffered water damage. Four inmates became trapped by the rising water and had to be rescued.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported a 60 mph wind gust with pea-sized hail one inch deep on the ground.
Microburst winds and heavy rain developed over much of north Phoenix around 430 pm. As many as 20 power poles were downed by the high winds, and torrential rain near Rose Garden Lane between 19th and 25th avenues.
A thunderstorm producing up to 10 inches of rain caused widespread flooding in Perkins and Keith Counties. In Perkins County, the water washed out an aged bridge 9 miles north of Madrid and a culvert 3 miles southeast of Madrid.
A thunderstorm moving along the Perkins County line destroyed a mobile home and a grain bin northwest and north of Imperial. It also caused some damage to about 16,000 acres of soybeans. The crop loss is estimated to be 10 to 20 percent..
The Hall county 911 reported that a house was struck by lightning. However, no injuries were reported and the extent of the damage was unknown.
Thunderstorms with heavy rain dropped a Doppler Radar storm total estimate of around 2 inches in about 90 minutes in Walpack Township during the evening of the 10th.
For the second time in five days, roads in Westmoreland and surrounding towns were devastated by flash flooding after a series of torrential downpours.
Thunderstorms dumped very heavy rains on Crawford County. Rainfall rates exceeded one inch per hour. Rapid rises in small streams and creeks occurred throughout the county and several roads were washed out. Many other roads had be closed due to flooding.
Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
Interstate 35 was closed due to high water. Reported by the Lampasas Department of Public Safety.
Flash flooding developed along several creeks in the Boiling Springs area, including Shoally Creek. A pond also overflowed. Water entered 10-15 homes in a new subdivision.
The roof was blown off a barn.
An unusually strong for August upper air disturbance helped trigger numerous strong to severe thunderstorms across New Jersey. In addition these storms moved over the same areas of Salem and Gloucester Counties and produced flash flooding of streams and fields.
A cold front was located northwest of the region during the afternoon and evening hours of the 10th. A warm and unstable airmass caused showers and thunderstorms to develop shortly after noontime and persist through the afternoon and evening hours.
A moist southeast flow combined with daytime heating and a weak upper level trough to produce scattered to numerous showers with strong thunderstorms across Puerto Rico.
Unusually hot weather combined with high humidities to spark afternoon and evening storms on the 10th through the 13th. A few of the storms became severe with large hail and damaging winds. High atmospheric moisture content contributed to localized flash flooding.
During mid-August 2013 parts of eastern Russia and northeastern China were stricken by heavy flooding. At least 85 people died from the floods and more than 105 others were left missing as of August 19.
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Moist, southerly flow ahead of an area of low pressure trickling northward along the Oregon Coast created a moist, unstable environment over Central Washington.
Thunderstorms associated with heavy rain caused a drowning during the |afternoon of August 10th.
Repeated rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across western Wisconsin on August 11th. This heavy rain produced flash flooding in parts of Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties. In Buffalo County, Mondovi, Gilmanton and Cream were hit hard by the flash flooding.
Severe thunderstorms developed in the late morning over the southern James River Valley where elevated convection developed north of a warm front supported by a low level jet.
Several waves of thunderstorms moved across central and southern Minnesota, and into west central Wisconsin between the late afternoon of Wednesday, August 10th, through Thursday morning, August 11th.
During the afternoon and early evening of August 10 an isolated storm cell formed along the lake breeze over eastern Cuyahoga County. The storm produced torrential rainfall, measured over 4 inches per hour.
A warm front lifted north into northern Ohio causing showers and thunderstorms to develop. A couple of the thunderstorms became severe and produced some storm damage.
A very strong cold front moved south through the region. A line of strong to severe storms developed ahead of the cold front. Some of the storms produced widespread wind damage.
On August 10th, an intense derecho brought severe to extreme winds to much of the Midwest with winds estimated as high as 130 to 140 mph in Iowa.
On the night of August 9, storms moved in from Lake Michigan. These storms began to train and 2.5 to 7 inches of rain was reported in Berrien County.
After a warm front mixed northward across northern Michigan during the day, a weak shortwave progressing overhead helped initiate storms along a weak boundary over Lake Michigan.
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
A stalled cold front residing over the Central Appalachians was the main driver behind flash flooding that occurred between August 10th and 11th.
A powerful line of thunderstorms, bringing with it a broad swath of damaging winds, swept across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on the morning of August 10, 2025.
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Marble-size hail caused an estimated $75,000 damage to nine aircraft at the Alamosa Airport. In addition, the hail damaged vehicles in the airport parking lot, as well as destroying barley fields southwest of Alamosa.
Hail left a 40 mile long swath of damage to area crops and brought an unknown amount of property damage to sparsely populated area.
A large supercell thunderstorm moved slowly south across western Dawson county during the evening. Hail reports to the size of softballs were common around Gothenburg. Siginificant damage was incurred by automobles and homes.
A barn roof was blown off.
Thunderstorms with torrential downpours downed a tree on a vehicle in York, fatally inuring the occupant.
Scattered, pulse-type thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving south across lower Michigan. Two cells produced severe weather. A 62 mph gust was observed at the Harbor Beach Marina, and eight tightly packed trees were downed nearby.
A Low pressure center west of Wrangell Island moved east across the Chukchi Sea deepening to 989 mb 120 miles north of Barrow the afternoon of the 10th. The Low then proceeded east slowly and gradually weakened.
Several trees were blown down in a rural area.
Thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage at a marina along the Mississippi River in Alton. Several docks were damaged with the debris damaging several boats. Damage was estimated at $1 million. Trees and power lines were reported down in Roxana and Wood River.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across north central Iowa along an elevated convergence zone in a near tropical atmosphere.
A frontal boundary dropping south, combined with an upper level disturbance ignited multiple severe thunderstorms over several counties.
In the wake of an intense heat wave that shattered many high temperature records throughout the week, a surface trough moving southeast across the state sparked several severe thunderstorms.
An unusually strong for August upper air disturbance helped trigger numerous strong to severe thunderstorms across New Jersey.
A cold front was located northwest of the region during the afternoon and evening hours of the 10th. A warm and unstable airmass caused showers and thunderstorms to develop shortly after noontime and persist through the afternoon and evening hours.
Elevated thunderstorms developed across Northwest Kansas and moved east into Central Kansas during the morning hours of August 10th, 2009.
A closed low over the Pacific Northwest pumped very moist and unstable air into portions of north central Idaho, allowing a few strong to severe thunderstorms to develop. Large hail, up to the size of golfballs, and deadly lighting.
A widespread damaging wind event occurred over a large portion of Oklahoma beginning late on the 9th of August 2011, continuing into the early morning hours of the 10th. A complex of severe thunderstorms developed over northern and western Oklahoma and moved east over central Oklahoma. Severe wind gusts were reported from around Cheyenne in far western Oklahoma, all the way eastward to Calvin in Hughes County. The most severe portion of the complex, which yielded structural damage and power outages, moved over northern Oklahoma, southern Logan, and southern Lincoln Counties.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the midday hours over north central Alabama. The line filled in as it moved east across the remainder of northeast Alabama. Trees were knocked down in a couple locations in Madison County.
A cluster of thunderstorms developed at 3 pm MDT over Lemhi county and was associated with very frequent lightning strikes. This cluster of thunderstorms developed into a line and brought strong damaging winds to the Bitterroot and Missoula valleys.
The 2020 Midwest derecho was an unusually destructive and extremely powerful progressive derecho that devastated much of the Midwestern United States, primarily eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. It caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of weak tornadoes.
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A cluster of thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the pre-dawn hours of August 10th.
A cold front pushing across central South Dakota and Nebraska ignited severe storms overnight. With elevated instability of 1000-1500 J/kg and an increasing low-level jet, numerous storms formed along the 700 hPa baroclinic zone with a few taking on bowing characteristics.
Although it only clipped a small portion of this six-county North Central Kansas area, a lone-but-intense severe storm tracked northeastward across far southeastern Osborne County and roughly the southeast half of Mitchell County on this Tuesday evening, prompting several…
A lee pressure trough ignited thunderstorms in a strongly unstable environment. The strongest thunderstorms produced severe downbursts and sporadic hail.
A complex of storms moved out of Iowa and into southern and central Wisconsin on August 10th. This complex morphed into a line of strong to severe thunderstorms, which marched eastward and gained strength as it approached Lake Michigan.
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a frontal boundary produced damaging winds across portions of central, south central and eastern Virginia.
A supercell thunderstorm produced a swath of severe weather across portions of south central Nebraska during the evening of August 10th.
Thunderstorms developed and moved through Eastern NC during the early evening hours. A few storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts. In addition, a lightning strike cause major structural damage to a home in Duck.
Outflow winds from thunderstorms in Arizona knocked a paddleboarder off his board and into Lake Mead near Boulder Island. His body was recovered four days later.
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Excessive heat affected portions of western north Texas from August 10th through August 12th. Two persons died from the excessive heat.
Man died while outside in open.
High temperatures reached the upper 80s to lower 90s from August 10th through the 12th. Overnight low temperatures were in the upper 60s to near 70. Two fatalities occurred in Chicago.
Straight line winds knocked down a tree on a mobile home crushing the roof in Gleason.
High temperatures around 100 degrees with heat indices in the 105-110 degree range caused one death.
Hot desert temperatures claimed a life.
Several days of extreme heat with afternoon highs in the upper 90s to lower 100s resulted in numerous heat related injuries across Central North Carolina and one heat related death.
High temperatures contributed to the deaths of two people in the Las Vegas area. One death occurred on the 10th, when the high temperature was 104 degrees, and temperatures had been 100 degrees or higher for 21 out of 24 days.
One man died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
Hot temperatures were experienced on August 8th with high temperatures just over 105 degrees in southeast Pima County. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for one male just east of the Baboquivari Mountains.
Upper-level high pressure prevailed across the region resulting in high heat and humidity. Heat index values at 105 degrees and greater were widespread across the St. Louis metro area from August 10th through 12th.
High pressure centered over the Central Rockies resulted in near to slightly above normal temperatures in Phoenix. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 7 heat-associated fatalities occurred during this time.
A robust area of high pressure over the eastern Pacific shifted towards Oregon August 10th, remaining overhead on the 11th before finally retrograding further west late on August 12th.
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Pendleton recorded 119°F, Oregon’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
Ozark recorded 120°F, Arkansas’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Plain Dealing 4W recorded 114°F, Louisiana’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Poteau recorded 120°F, Oklahoma’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
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The Big Draw 2 Fire started on August 10, 1984, in Idaho, and burned 45,780 acres.
The Interstate Fire started on August 10, 1984, in Idaho, and burned 21,634 acres.
The Blue Butte Fire started on August 10, 1986, in Idaho, and burned 62,430 acres.
The Bissell Ck Fire started on August 10, 1986, in Idaho, and burned 40,816 acres.
The Van Dusen Fire started on August 10, 1986, in Idaho, and burned 39,868 acres.
The West Anderson Fire started on August 10, 1986, in Idaho, and burned 19,684 acres.
The Mcewen Fire started on August 10, 1986, in Oregon, and burned 18,786 acres.
The Preble Fire started on August 10, 1986, in Nevada, and burned 14,956 acres.
The Simnasho Fire was discovered on August 10, 1996, in Oregon, and burned 118,230 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Wheeler Point Fire was discovered on August 10, 1996, in Oregon, and burned 22,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Lightning triggered the High Point fire, which quickly burned 20,300 total acres. Several silos and nearly 2000 acres of wheat, barley and pasture were destroyed. Caught and killed in the fast moving conflagration on the pasture were some 200 cattle.
The Choke Cherry Fire was discovered on August 10, 2000, in Elko County, Nevada, and burned 25,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Burnt Flats Fire was discovered on August 10, 2000, in Idaho County, Idaho, and burned 22,527 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The High Point Fire was discovered on August 10, 2000, in Jerome County, Idaho, and burned 20,295 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fish Creek Complex (Thompson Creek) Fire was discovered on August 10, 2003, in Mineral County, Montana, and burned 33,948 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Middle Fork Complex (Falconberry) Fire was discovered on August 10, 2003, in Idaho, and burned 25,007 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Lake Snohomish Fire was discovered on August 10, 2004, in Alaska, and burned 21,719 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Laidlaw Butte Fire was discovered on August 10, 2005, in Blaine County, Idaho, and burned 24,810 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Frank Church Wfu (West Fork and Joe) Fire was discovered on August 10, 2005, in Idaho County, Idaho, and burned 13,866 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cherry Fire was discovered on August 10, 2006, in Washington County, Idaho, and burned 54,350 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Mud Springs Fire was discovered on August 10, 2006, in Malheur County, Oregon, and burned 17,349 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Rabbit Fire was discovered on August 10, 2006, in Elmore County, Idaho, and burned 13,070 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Okerman Fire was discovered on August 10, 2007, in Custer County, Montana, and burned 15,546 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The East Slide Rock Ridge Wfu Fire was discovered on August 10, 2008, in Elko County, Nevada, and burned 54,545 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Saddle Complex was discovered on August 10, 2011, in Idaho, and burned 32,670 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Long Canyon Fire was discovered on August 10, 2012, in Humboldt County, Nevada, and burned 36,847 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Mustang Fire was discovered on August 10, 2012, in Elko County, Nevada, and burned 19,323 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Patch Springs Fire was discovered on August 10, 2013, in Tooele County, Utah, and burned 31,010 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The American Fire was discovered on August 10, 2013, in Placer County, California, and burned 27,440 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Clearwater-Municipal consists of a group of fires in Clearwater, Idaho and Lewis Counties in northern Idaho. The fires, started by lightning, have been burning since approximately 1:15 pm on August 10th.
The Soda Fire was reported on August 10, 2015, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 279,144 acres.
The Clearwater/Municipal Complex was reported on August 10, 2015, in Lewis County, Idaho, and burned 68,127 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cornet Fire was reported on August 10, 2015, in Baker County, Oregon, and burned 56,331 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Cougar Creek Fire was reported on August 10, 2015, in Yakima County, Washington, and burned 53,534 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The SE Pole Gulch Fire was reported on August 10, 2015, in Malheur County, Oregon, and burned 48,920 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Lawyer 2 Fire was reported on August 10, 2015, in Lewis County, Idaho, and burned 41,195 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Brown Ranch Fire was reported on August 10, 2015, in Edwards County, Texas, and burned 17,831 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Sprague Fire was a wildfire in Glacier National Park in Montana. It was first reported on August 10, 2017, around 8:30 pm after being caused by a lightning storm.
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The Sprague Fire was reported on August 10, 2017, in Flathead County, Montana, and burned 16,982 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Grizzly Creek Fire was a wildfire that burned 32,631 acres in Glenwood Canyon in the state of Colorado in the United States. The fire first ignited on August 10, 2020 and was declared 100% contained on December 18, 2020.
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The Grizzly Creek Fire was reported on August 10, 2020, in Garfield County, Colorado, and burned 32,431 acres.
The Boundary Fire was reported on August 10, 2021, in Valley County, Idaho, and burned 88,757 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Stallion Fire was reported on August 10, 2026, in Washoe County, Nevada, and burned 40,691 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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An earthquake occurred in the area of Marash during the early morning hours of November 29, 1114. 7 and an epicenter location in modern-day Turkey.
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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Lintong, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, China. It killed 1,900 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Croatia, Balkans NW. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck San Fernando, California, United States. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Rockaway Beach, near New York City, New York, United States. It killed 3 people and injured 1. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Mattinata, Italy.
A magnitude 8 earthquake struck N, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, China. It killed 10,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
The 1931 Fuyun earthquake (富蕴地震) occurred on August 10 at 21:18 UTC. The epicenter was near Fuyun County of northern Xinjiang, China.
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An earthquake struck Central, Italy.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Alangasi,sangolqui,tingo-Pichincha, Ecuador. It did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Shaanxi Province, China. It destroyed 43 houses.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Manado, Celebes, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck San Cristobal, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 1 person and destroyed 100 houses.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Ludian, Yunnan Province, China. It killed 4 people, injured 600, destroyed 18,556 houses and did $50 million in damage.
The 2009 Andaman Islands earthquake occurred on August 11 at 19:55 UTC in the Andaman Islands of India. 5 Mw, and was the strongest in the region since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck S Coast, Honshu, Japan. It killed 1 person, injured 123 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Andaman I, India. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands. It caused a tsunami.
0 mi) south-southwest of Bigadiç. Two people died and 52 others were injured as a result of the first event.
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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Balikesir, Turkey. It killed 1 person, injured 52 and did $10 million in damage.
5 earthquake struck the department of Chocó in Colombia, killing at least 335 people, injuring more than 4,600 others, leaving 111 confirmed missing and causing extensive damage across the country. The earthquake was felt across much of western and central Colombia and in parts of neighbouring Ecuador and Panama, and caused extensive damage in Cali, Pereira, Quibdó, Manizales, Armenia, Buenaventura, and other areas.
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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Choco, Colombia. It killed 335 people, left 105 missing, injured 4,516, destroyed 36,478 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
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Kanlaon, Philippines erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 3 people and injured 18.
Paluweh, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 5 people.
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A tsunami struck SW England, United Kingdom.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Rijeka, Croatia.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck S. California, United States.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Rockaway Beach, New York, United States. It killed 3 people and injured 1.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 0.4 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Solomon Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.09 meters. It killed 1 person and destroyed 100 houses.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck S Coast, Honshu, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.6 meters. It killed 1 person, injured 123, destroyed 5,192 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Andaman Islands, India, with a maximum water height of 0.01 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.23 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Tracy Arm, AK, United States, with a maximum water height of 481 meters.
1 on August 10, oldest first.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began August 10, 2000, reached Kp 8- and lasted 57 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 123; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
2 on August 10, oldest first.
A severe storm disaster that cost $13 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 4, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 10, 2020 to August 10, 2020.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.5 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 2, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from August 10, 2021 to August 13, 2021.
15 on August 10, oldest first.
A woman was killed by a lightning bolt while hiking in the Snowy Range. A friend that was hiking with her was injured. The two were trying to get to lower levels of the mountains after spotting the storm, but the storm caught them in the open.
The broadcast media reported that a 44 year old male was struck on the top of the head and killed by lightning while walking under a group of large trees, near the intersection of Alumni and Laurel Drive, at the University of South Florida in Temple Terrace, during a rain storm.
A large high pressure system covered the area. The surface ridge axis extended northeast off the Mid Atlantic Coast, south of the coastal waters.
Lightning struck a midtown Omaha holiday decorating business starting a fire which quickly destroyed it.
A Negaunee man drowned while swimming near Picnic Rocks in Marquette at 4:34 pm on the 10th. A longshore current developing between the shore and rocks was believed to be a contributing factor in the drowning.
Rough swells, set up by offshore seas of 4 to 5 feet with a period between 6 and 7 seconds, set up by persistent southeast winds of 15 to 18 knots with higher gusts well offshore, produced moderate rip currents along South Padre Island August 10th.
A tight pressure gradient over Lake Michigan due to strengthening low pressure moving through the Ohio Valley and central Great Lakes was responsible for gusty northeast winds and resultant high waves at Sheboygan Harbor.
A 26 year old male was swept away and drowned after saving two girls and his best friend from rip currents.
Scattered thunderstorms moved east across Brevard County producing a period of wind gusts near 35 knots. An outflow boundary in advance of the storms created rough seas over a portion of the Indian River. A boat caught in the strong winds capsized.
An 18-year-old male from Rockaway, New Jersey died after being caught in a rip current at an unguarded stretch of beach in Sea Bright. The victim was swimming with one other person, and around 1 p.m.
Thunderstorms moved across western New York during the early morning hours of the 10th. During the afternoon of that day, two people were found dead in a Batavia cemetery.
A man went into the Gulf to try and rescue two swimmers in distress around 130 pm CDT on August 10th and did not return to shore.
Scattered thunderstorms were across eastern Ohio the afternoon of the 10th. A 9 year old boy died after being struck by lightning while attempting to move horses into a barn.
A teenage boy drowned in the water of Lake Superior in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore after being pulled into deeper water by a rip current.
An adult male and juvenile female, a father and his daughter, were swimming off the beach of Lake Superior in Park Point rip currents swept them further out into the water. Emergency responders were able to retrieve the unresponsive swimmers after a lengthy search.
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.