Every day of July and what happened on it, in any year, with the month’s most significant events.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Tangshan, NE, China. It killed 242,769 people, injured 799,000 and did $5.6 billion in damage.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
The 1922 Shantou Typhoon was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused thousands of deaths in the Chinese city of Shantou in August 1922. This death toll makes it one of the deadliest known typhoons in history.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck Shandong Province, China. It killed 42,578 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck Tancheng, Shandong Province, China. It killed 42,578 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck SE, Kerman, Iran. It killed 3,000 people, injured 1,000 and did $1 billion in damage.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas counties, Iowa and tracked 57.6 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 71 and injuring 200. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Newell/Pomeroy, IA.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Rey (Ray), Iran. It killed 45,000 people.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 8 earthquake struck Gansu Province, China. It killed 22,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Beryl crossed the coast near Calliaqua, Saint George Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as a category 4 hurricane, 120 kt (140 mph), central pressure 950 mb. It killed 35 people in all, by the National Hurricane Center’s count. Hurricane Beryl was an extremely rare and destructive tropical cyclone that impacted parts of the Caribbean, the Yucatán Peninsula, and the Gulf Coast of the United States in late June and early July 2024. The second named storm, first hurricane, first major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale of the extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, the system broke many meteorological records, primarily for formation and intensity.
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Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Dennis crossed the coast near Niquero, Granma Province, Cuba as a category 4 hurricane, 120 kt (140 mph), central pressure 956 mb. It killed 42 people in all, by the National Hurricane Center’s count. Hurricane Dennis was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that briefly held the record for the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever to form before August. Dennis was the fourth named storm of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Latakia, Syria. It killed 20,000 people.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Beryl reached its peak of 145 kt (165 mph) with a central pressure of 935 mb, a category 5 storm.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Baguio, Cabanatuan, Dagupan, Philippines. It killed 2,412 people, injured 3,000 and did $369.6 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck W. Luzon Island, Philippines, with a maximum water height of 2 meters. It killed 2,412 people, injured 3,000 and did $369.6 million in damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Turkey. It killed 17,500 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
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.