Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for July 3, in any year, each linked to its full record.
Every event with a place, colored by kind. Tap one to open its record.
By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Clark, Jackson, Monroe counties, Wisconsin and tracked 53.7 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Oakdale, WI.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Walsh, Marshall, Polk counties, North Dakota and tracked 39.7 miles, killing 3 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Hoople, ND to S Alvarado, MN.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Xinjiang, China. It killed 100 people.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Green Lake, Fond du Lac counties, Wisconsin and tracked 14.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Berlin to N Fairwater, WI.
Floods
The 2020 Kyushu floods were a series of floods in July 2020 brought on when record-breaking heavy rain hit the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, on 4 July 2020 in the middle of the East Asian rainy season. The event is officially referred to as Reiwa ni-nen shichi-gatsu gōu by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Clark County, Wisconsin and tracked 12 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Tioga, WI.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Hancock County, Illinois and 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Basco, IL.
Other weather
The Atami landslide was a natural disaster which hit the city of Atami on 3 July 2021. It was caused by heavy rainfall which resulted in significant damage to the community of Atami in Japan.
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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Anoka County, Minnesota and tracked 1 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
Heat and drought
An exceptionally prolonged and intense heat wave broke many daily and even all-time temperature records. Forty-two people died in Las Vegas of heat-related causes during and immediately after the heat wave.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Iowa County, Wisconsin and tracked 0.5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest.
Tornadoes
An F2 tornado touched down in Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh counties, North Dakota and tracked 56.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 17. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Manitoba, Canada/Auburn, ND.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Hancock County, Illinois and 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Basco, IL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Crawford County, Arkansas, killing 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Van Buren, AR.
An F4 tornado touched down in Clark, Jackson, Monroe counties, Wisconsin and tracked 53.7 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Oakdale, WI.
An F4 tornado touched down in Green Lake, Fond du Lac counties, Wisconsin and tracked 14.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Berlin to N Fairwater, WI.
An F4 tornado touched down in Clark County, Wisconsin and tracked 12 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Tioga, WI.
An F3 tornado touched down in Juneau, Sauk counties, Wisconsin and tracked 12 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Elroy/W La Valle/W Reedsburg, WI.
An F2 tornado touched down in Grand Forks, Polk counties, North Dakota and tracked 40.6 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Grand Forks, ND to SE Marcoux, MN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Beadle County, South Dakota and tracked 9.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Bonilla to NW Huron, SD.
An F4 tornado touched down in Walsh, Marshall, Polk counties, North Dakota and tracked 39.7 miles, killing 3 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Hoople, ND to S Alvarado, MN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh counties, North Dakota and tracked 56.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 17. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Manitoba, Canada/Auburn, ND.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wheeler County, Texas and tracked 2.3 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hand County, South Dakota and tracked 0.1 miles, 87 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Antrim, Otsego counties, Michigan and tracked 11.9 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F4 tornado touched down in Anoka County, Minnesota and tracked 1 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F4 tornado touched down in Iowa County, Wisconsin and tracked 0.5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Juneau County, Wisconsin and tracked 1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8.
26 tornadoes were recorded on July 3, 1983, in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Carolina, 2 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above).
Large hail damaged buildings, cars, and crops. Crop damage was estimated at 50 to 100 percent in some areas.
Trees were knocked down in Williamstown, Monroe and Washington Townships. In Monroe Township people were apparently struck by lightning while in a swimming pool. For the second time this day, a house was struck by lightning and set on fire. No other details were known.
A team of National Weather Service Meteorologists confirmed that an F1 tornado occurred.A small area of strong thunderstorms moved through the area and the first serious damage occurred north and west of Montoe Park, just to the north of downtown Waterbury.
On July 3, a fast moving cold front crossed Berkshire County during the afternoon and evening hours. The front initiated four tornadoes. The Richmond F1 tornado is a continuation of the F2 tornado which occurred in Columbia County.
On July 3, a fast moving cold front crossed eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours. The front initiated many severe thunderstorms and three tornadoes in Columbia County.
INTERSECTION I-235 & K-42.
Very severe thunderstorms moved through Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties, producing two tornadoes, microbursts, damaging thunderstorm winds, and large hail.
A thunderstorm developed rapidly over the city of Gaylord around 7 pm. The storm brought only very heavy rains to the city of Gaylord, then raced southeast toward Lewiston. By 720 pm, the storm was moving at 50 mph and strong rotation was noted, prompting a Tornado Warning.
A line of severe thunderstorms moving through northeast Montana brought damaging winds and large hail. Wind gusts over 80 mph were reported and numerous power lines were blown down. Brief tornado touchdowns were reported in southern Valley County along Fort Peck Lake.
A supercell thunderstorm moved southeastward across western Jackson County and Bennett County. The storm dropped up to golf ball sized hail and produced a tornado north of Tuthill.
Occurred on west side of town. One large tree uprooted, falling onto house.
The hail covered the ground.
On the evening of the 3rd, a line of storms formed along a front across Oklahoma and western north Texas and moved slowly eastward, producing severe weather, a tornado, and flash flooding.
A passing upper level disturbance generated thunderstorms with one lone severe storm that produced both wind damage and a weak tornado across portions of northeast Arkansas during the early morning hours of July 3rd.
It was an unforgettable Independence Day for rural residents of far east central Hall and far southwestern Merrick counties, as a climatologically-rare, very early morning EF1-rated tornado abruptly emerged from the cover of darkness and carved out a nearly 10 mile…
A northeast-southeast oriented cold front from central Kansas across northwest Missouri dropped southeast into the Missouri Ozarks during the afternoon and evening hours on July 3, 2024.
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Hurricane Arthur is the earliest hurricane to hit North Carolina in a season since records began in 1851.
Tropical Storm Neoguri brought winds and high surf to the Mariana Islands.
Hurricane Barbara reached its peak of 135 kt (155 mph) with a central pressure of 930 mb, a category 4 storm.
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A flash flood, about 3 inches in an hour, washed out sections of Fuller Road in Mellow Valley. A 51 year-old man drove into the washed out area and was severely injured. He died the next day in the hospital from his injuries.
funnel cloud sighted on the south side of Wilbur.
Heavy rains of 3 to 5 inches caused flash flooding to occur in the McCool Junction and Waco areas of York county.
The Amicalola State Park reported dime size hail.
Through the morning of July 3, showers and thunderstorms concentrated in bands from Kerrville to Uvalde to Crystal City. The storms produced general rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches, with amounts of up to 10 inches in the area from Helotes to Medina and Kerrville.
Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
On 3 July 2007, flash floods during Sudan's rainy season devastated much of the country's central, southern, and western regions. The Sudanese government referred to the floods as the "worst in living memory".
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A mesoscale convective system over the Dakotas moved east-southeast through Wisconsin. It was aided by a strong short wave trough aloft and a cold front dropping southeast.
A push of monsoon moisture triggered scattered thunderstorms over the Mojave Desert. A few storms produced severe weather and flash flooding.
Intense rainfall accompanied a strong thunderstorm which gained strength just west of Casper before blasting through town. The thunderstorm formed in a uncharacteristically moist airmass where precipitable water values approached 150% of normal.
Severe thunderstorms developed over parts of Arapahoe, Elbert, Morgan and Weld Counties. The combination of intense thunderstorm winds, large hail and heavy rain produced damage to both crops and property. Extensive flash flooding occurred in and around Fort Morgan.
A strong push of monsoon moisture brought thunderstorms to much of the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin. Several storms produced severe weather and flash flooding.
Torrential rains from slow-moving thunderstorms occurred at multiple times during the day, with events early in the morning, during the mid afternoon and early evening hours in Plymouth Borough.
A very anomalous pattern set up across the U.S. in early July featuring a persistent upper level trough over and just west of the Mississippi Valley and a downstream ridge off the Mid Atlantic Coast.
The synoptic pattern during the most of the first week of July was favorable for heavy precipitation as the Blacksburg Hydrologic Service Area (HSA) remained within a mean upper trough between two very strong ridges over the western U.S. and over the western Atlantic.
A very moist airmass and southeast, upslope flow helped to support localized very heavy rain over parts of the North Carolina mountains.
Showers and thunderstorms developed in tropical moisture feeding along a stationary boundary. Record rainfall in May and June saturated the ground and elevated water levels in rivers and streams, making the region vulnerable to flooding.
Numerous thunderstorms occurred along a very slow-moving cold front that extended from northwest Arkansas to the Lower Ohio Valley. The storms produced excessive rainfall and isolated flash flooding, as well as minor river flooding.
The 2020 Kyushu floods were a series of floods in July 2020 brought on when record-breaking heavy rain hit the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, on 4 July 2020 in the middle of the East Asian rainy season. The event is officially referred to as Reiwa ni-nen shichi-gatsu gōu by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
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A cluster of thunderstorms formed over the northern Red River Valley during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 4th. A couple of the individual storm cells became fairly strong, but the main hazard shifted to heavy rain.
Heavy flooding broke out in the Central Coast and Sydney areas of New South Wales, Australia, beginning in early July 2022. Around 85,000 people were displaced by the flooding or requested to leave their homes by authorities.
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On July 3, 1991, severe thunderstorms moved across central Oklahoma, with wind gusts up to 50 mph measured at Wiley Post airport in Oklahoma City. Very strong winds in Midwest City tore the roof off of a business, and shattered the front window of an auto parts store. Additional wind damage was reported in Pottawatomie County, near McLoud.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A weakening thunderstorm produced damage in north east Dodge City. Skylights were blown off houses, basketball goals and fences were downed from wind estimates to 75 knots (86 mph).
An upper level disturbance raced east from the Great Lakes during the afternoon and interacted with a very hot and humid airmass already sweltering over central New York.
Severe thunderstorms dumped heavy rains and hail across parts of south-central Nebraska. The most significant hail damage was in southern York county where 1.75" diameter hail damaged houses, cars, and stripped crops. Wind gusts over 60 mph were reported in the Kearney area.
Moist and unstable air lifted north into Iowa during the day on the 3rd. Dew points 24 hours prior to the event ranged from the upper 20s to the low 50s across the state. During the night of the 2nd and day of the 3rd, dew point temperatures rose into the mid 60s to low 70s.
A single-wide 35 foot mobile home was rolled off its foundation and destroyed. An empty fuel oil tank was blown into its side.
A short lived gustnado developed along the leading edge of a thunderstorm downburst near the Dauphin Way Baptist Church. The church sustained roof damage...resulting in water damage to the church's interior.
Microburst winds cause extensive damage throughout Custer and northern Blaine Counties with the brunt of the damage at Redfish Lake.
Scattered thunderstorms moved slowly across the south central deserts and resulted in heavy rains and locally damaging winds.
A warm front acted as a focus for strong to severe thunderstorms during the early morning of the 3rd in northwestern New Jersey and during the late afternoon and early evening of the 3rd across central New Jersey.
A frontal system combined with ample moisture and instability to produce numerous showers and thunderstorms across central and southern Mississippi during the afternoon and evening hours of July 3rd and 4th. The storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
An upper level disturbance moving southeast over the upper Ohio Valley produced scattered severe thunderstorms across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.
Another strong shortwave swung across the Tennessee Valley on the 3rd. Meanwhile, a lee side trough remained in place across central Georgia.
An approaching cold front, combined with tropical moisture in advance of Hurricane Arthur, produced two rounds of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. The storms produced wind damage across much of the Bay State, primarily along and north of the Mass Pike.
High terrain thunderstorms moved out of Colorado associated with a passing short wave trough and helped trigger thunderstorms, some severe. One storm in particular developed and became supercellular and turned south.
With a warm and very moist air mass over the area, an upper-level trough moving across the region produced scattered severe thunderstorms from the afternoon into the overnight hours.
A weak synoptic-scale wave progressed through the area atop a flat upper-level ridge, initiating several clusters of thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening.
A strong cold front and shortwave moved across Wyoming. Showers and thunderstorms mixed strong low level winds to the surface and brought numerous reports of wind gusts over 50 mph.
Storms tracked out of northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska during the early evening hours of Wednesday July 3rd and moved into central Kansas around 11 pm.
A cold front passed through with scattered storms, some of which became severe with large hail and damaging winds. Despite earlier showers, the atmosphere still became unstable later in the morning through early afternoon.
Deep layered troughing approached the area from the west along with a cold front at the surface. The area was able to destabilize ahead of the cold front to between 1000 and 1500 j/kg of MLCAPE.
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A high temperature of 97 degrees was recorded at Orlando International Airport. This was only six degrees above normal, but the heat claimed one life. A 22 year old man was found unconscious a parking lot laying on the hot asphalt.
A 75 year-old man died in his house in Wichita Falls due to the excessive heat.
The first heat wave of the summer caused 3 deaths in the City of St. Louis. On Juuly 6, a 78 year old man was found dead in his brick home with a body temperature of 111 degrees and a 54 year old man was found dead outside Busch Memorial Stadium.
Temperatures were above normal in Las Vegas in July, with highs above 100F on 28 days and 110F or higher on ten days, including nine in a row. Making matters worse, low temperatures were 80F or higher on 27 days. Several hyperthermia deaths occurred during the month.
Three people died in the Las Vegas Valley due to complications from heat exposure. High temperatures actually averaged three degrees below normal for the five day period, but the season's first strong push of monsoon moisture made it very humid.
A cold front passed through the area during the 3rd. A southerly flow ahead of the front caused enough warm and moist air for moderate instability to develop. The combination of lift associated with the front and instability triggered showers and thunderstorms.
A large ridge of high pressure built across the Upper Midwest during the first week of July. This resulted in a combination of high humidity levels and temperatures, leading to three heat-related deaths, all in Hennepin County.
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached in Las Vegas on July 1st, and nearly reached on the 2nd and 3rd. Four people died of heat related causes during this period - three in Las Vegas and one in Death Valley.
An upper-level high along with surface high over the western Atlantic led to hot and humid conditions.
With high temperatures in the 90s and high relative humidity values, heat index readings hovered near 100 degrees on July 3rd. As a result of the heat, a 66-year old man died of heatstroke in Paris in Edgar County.
Strong high pressure centered over the Desert Southwest allowed for temperatures to reach or exceed 110 degrees during the early part of July. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 18 heat-associated fatalities occurred during this time.
Seven people died in the Las Vegas area of heat-related causes.
As temperatures started to climb for the summer, a few heat-related fatalities were reported in the DFW Metroplex area.
An exceptionally prolonged and intense heat wave broke many daily and even all-time temperature records. Forty-two people died in Las Vegas of heat-related causes during and immediately after the heat wave.
Hot temperatures typically 4 to 7 degrees above normal were experienced across portions of southeast Arizona July 3 through July 4.
An exceptionally prolonged and intense heat wave broke many daily and even all-time temperature records. One person died and another became seriously ill in Death Valley from heat-related causes.
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Boettcherville recorded 109°F, Maryland’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
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The Kuyukutuk Fire started on July 3, 1984, in Alaska, and burned 8,476 acres.
The Sandpoint Fire started on July 3, 1985, in Montana, and burned 10,431 acres.
The Fire 032033 started on July 3, 1990, in Alaska, and burned 27,880 acres.
The Rock Creek Fire started on July 3, 1990, in Alaska, and burned 11,308 acres.
The Fire 131655 started on July 3, 1991, in Alaska, and burned 30,237 acres.
The DCKN178 Fire was discovered on July 3, 1993, in Alaska, and burned 16,740 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Devils Fire was discovered on July 3, 1994, in California, and burned 12,303 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Richfield Fire was discovered on July 3, 1996, in Idaho, and burned 178,459 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Silver Hill Fire was discovered on July 3, 1996, in Utah, and burned 25,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Browns Gulch Fire was discovered on July 3, 1996, in Idaho, and burned 22,374 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Gold Hill Fire started on July 3, 1996, in Utah, and burned 8,584 acres.
The B 484 Fire was discovered on July 3, 1997, in Alaska, and burned 44,050 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Roketaloi Fire was discovered on July 3, 1997, in Alaska, and burned 35,490 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Paducah Fire was discovered on July 3, 1998, in Texas, and burned 12,651 acres.
The Wld Horse Fire was discovered on July 3, 2000, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, and burned 36,700 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Busterflat Fire was discovered on July 3, 2000, in Moffat County, Colorado, and burned 11,032 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Isolation Complex (Isolated) Fire was discovered on July 3, 2001, in Elko County, Nevada, and burned 14,032 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
A fire broke out in a church under construction. Gusty winds caused the flames to ignite the brush and quickly burn 850 acres before the fire could be contained. Residents of the Sedco Hills subdivision were evacuated as a precaution.
The Lucky Creek Fire was discovered on July 3, 2004, in Alaska, and burned 48,232 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bullion Creek Fire was discovered on July 3, 2004, in Alaska, and burned 15,563 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Wasky Fire was discovered on July 3, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 73,265 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Tripod Complex (Spur Peak) Fire was discovered on July 3, 2006, in Okanogan County, Washington, and burned 62,173 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Burnt Fire was discovered on July 3, 2006, in Cassia County, Idaho, and burned 9,041 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The I284 Fire was discovered on July 3, 2008, in Sherman County, Oregon, and burned 9,787 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Gagaryah 2 Fire was discovered on July 3, 2009, in Alaska, and burned 19,690 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Eli River Fire was discovered on July 3, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 13,216 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Taylor Creek Fire was discovered on July 3, 2012, in Powder River County, Montana, and burned 62,111 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Uvgoon Creek 1 Fire was discovered on July 3, 2012, in Alaska, and burned 49,305 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Birch Creek Fire was discovered on July 3, 2013, in Alaska, and burned 24,924 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Banner Fire started around 0930 PST on July 3 in the Banner, California area, near Route 78 in San Diego County. It quickly spread westward and expanded to 150 acres, threatening the town of Julian.
Late afternoon thunderstorms developed from Tucumcari to Clovis, NM and quickly congealed into a squall line while trekking southeast across the Texas South Plains through the evening.
The Truckee Fire was reported on July 3, 2017, in Washoe County, Nevada, and burned 98,960 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The White Mountain Creek Fire was reported on July 3, 2017, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 78,858 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Earthstone Fire was reported on July 3, 2017, in Washoe County, Nevada, and burned 41,545 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Limerick Fire was reported on July 3, 2017, in Pershing County, Nevada, and burned 14,592 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The July Fire was reported on July 3, 2017, in Phillips County, Montana, and burned 10,542 acres.
A wildfire began from human causes about one mile northwest of Basalt. Difficult terrain and continued hot and dry conditions led the wildfire to persist for several months.
The Lake Christine Fire was reported on July 3, 2018, in Eagle County, Colorado, and burned 12,588 acres.
The Two Alpha ( 50 ) Fire was reported on July 3, 2019, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and burned 21,100 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Two Alpha (06) Fire was reported on July 3, 2019, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and burned 15,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Polles Fire is a wildfire that burned in the Mazatzal Wilderness Area, 11 miles west of Payson, Arizona, in Tonto National Forest in the United States. The fire, which has burned 628 acres (254 ha), was started by a lightning strike during thunderstorms.
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The Polles Fire (pronounced Poll-E) burned burning in the Mazatzal Wilderness on top of the Polles Mesa, approximately 11 miles west of Payson, AZ and 6 miles south of Pine-Strawberry, AZ. It eventually burned 638 acres.
On 3 July 2021, wildfires broke out near the Cypriot village of Arakapas during a week-long heat wave that saw temperatures surpass 40 °C. The fires spread throughout the Limassol District before being put out two days later with assistance from Greece, Israel, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
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The Beckwourth Complex was a wildfire complex that burned in the Plumas National Forest in Plumas and Lassen counties. The two major fires of the complex, the Dotta Fire and the Sugar Fire, started on June 30, 2021 and July 2 northeast of Beckwourth, California.
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The Beckwourth Complex was reported on July 3, 2021, in Plumas County, California, and burned 105,670 acres.
The Middle Tanana Complex was reported on July 3, 2022, in Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska, and burned 62,861 acres.
The fire started on July 3rd by undetermined cause.
The Shelly Fire was reported on July 3, 2024, in Siskiyou County, California, and burned 15,520 acres.
The Barber Fire was reported on July 3, 2025, in Pershing County, Nevada, and burned 17,572 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
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An earthquake struck Nan Pi Tsin Nan, Hunan Province, China. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Cobija, Chile. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Shkoder, Buchati, Zadrime, Jubani, Kosmaci, Albania.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Stromboli Island, Italy. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck N Coast, Papua New Guinea.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Xinjiang, China. It killed 100 people.
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck South Korea. It destroyed 3 houses.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China.
An earthquake struck Mus, Turkey. It killed 14 people.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck San Jose, Costa Rica. It killed 2 people, injured 60 and did $5 million in damage.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It did $1 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Yakhak, Bashirabad, Butehgaz, Northeastern, Iran.
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Katkan, NE, Iran.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Hotan, S. Xinjiang, China. It killed 3 people, injured 263, destroyed 3,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines. It killed 1 person.
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Midagahara, Japan erupted. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
Miyakejima, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 1 person and destroyed 45 houses.
Stromboli, Italy erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Karthala, Comoros erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.
Stromboli, Italy erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 1 person and injured 1. The eruption caused a tsunami.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Gulf of LA Spezia, Italy.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Northern Chile.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Stromboli Island, Italy, with a maximum water height of 10 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, with a maximum water height of 1.3 meters. It did $1 million in damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck Daytona Beach, FL, United States, with a maximum water height of 3 meters. It injured 75.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Stromboli Island, Italy, with a maximum water height of 1.3 meters. It killed 1 person and injured 1.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began July 3, 1939, reached Kp 7- and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 45; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began July 3, 1978, reached Kp 8 and lasted 36 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 81; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 45 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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During the afternoon and evening of the 3rd, thunderstorms which produced heavy rainfall and frequent lightning moved across central Maryland. In Calvert County, a 37 year old man was killed by lightning on Solomon's Island.
A man holding an umbrella was struck and killed by lightning. It was raining heavily at the time as the man walked from a house to his car.
A man was struck and killed by lightning while working on a tank in a storage yard in Harvey.
Two swimmers were caught in rip current and one drowned, while the other was rescued.
Three teenage swimmers were swept away from the beach of Cannon Beach, OR by a rip current. Two swimmers were able to escape the current, but one was swept into the sea. Cannon Beach's Surf Rescue Team along with Cannon Bach Life Guards were the first to respond.
A rip current occurred at Myrtle Beach.
A boy was struck and killed by lightning near a youth camp in Custer County. He was riding a bicycle with others.
Strong rip currents along the Western Florida Panhandle become deadly at Destin on July 3rd when a tourist visiting from Louisiana drowns at James Lee Park.
The region was under the influence of a departing upper level low and with surface heating the atmosphere became unstable enough for thunderstorm development during the mid afternoon into the early evening hours.
Low pressure over the Pacific Ocean caused an eight to ten foot swell to travel into the coastal waters of California. At the coast, larger sets of waves, called sneaker waves, can move farther up the beaches than expected and catch visitors by surprise.
Breezy onshore winds resulted in numerous rip currents at South Carolina beaches.
Southeast winds and a southerly swell produced strong rip currents over much of coastal Brunswick County.
Two siblings playing in the shore near Boldtad Beach was caught in a rip that dragged them out to sea. The older sibling drowned, and the younger survived, but was hospitalized.
A 34 year old male from Montgomery, AL was caught in a rip current and swept out about 80 feet from the beach and drowned. The drowning occurred at the Cotton Bayou beach access in Orange Beach.
There was an upper disturbance over the Central Plains which weakened an upper ridge over New Mexico/Arizona. Abundant moisture and above normal temperatures were in place across West Texas which created an unstable atmosphere.
A man died in a rip current during the early morning hours.
The Atami landslide was a natural disaster which hit the city of Atami on 3 July 2021. It was caused by heavy rainfall which resulted in significant damage to the community of Atami in Japan.
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An active surface trough moved over the territory on the weekend of July 4th. This feature produced widespread impacts of flash flooding, coastal erosion, and landslides.
Thunderstorms resulted in a lightning fatality at Masonboro Island.
Rough surf in the wake of Tropical Storm Colin resulted in strong rip currents and one fatality.
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