Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for June 16, 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.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Rann of Kutch,ahmadabad,poonah,bhooj, India. It killed 1,543 people, destroyed 1,547 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Kutch, India. It killed 1,543 people, destroyed 1,547 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Earthquakes
The 1662 Kanbun earthquake affected Japan on June 16, 1662. 6.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 1,001 people, destroyed 3,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, with a maximum water height of 10 meters. It killed 1,001 people, destroyed 3,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Nobles, Murray counties, Minnesota and tracked 16 miles, 280 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 35.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck W Coast, Honshu, Japan. It killed 36 people, injured 385, destroyed 3,557 houses and did $800 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck NW. Honshu Island, Japan, with a maximum water height of 5.8 meters. It killed 36 people, injured 385, destroyed 3,557 houses and did $800 million in damage.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Yamasiro, Japan. It killed 600 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Greer, Jackson, Kiowa counties, Oklahoma and tracked 29.8 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 52. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Blair, OK.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Honda,mariquita, Colombia. It killed 200 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Page County, Iowa and tracked 7.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 24. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Clarinda, IA.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Edwards County, Kansas and tracked 4.8 miles, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Kirkfield/SE Kinsley, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lincoln County, Nebraska and tracked 0.9 miles, 80 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Wallace, NE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Greene, Washington counties, Pennsylvania and tracked 7.7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Wind Ridge/W Nineveh to Old Concord, PA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Page County, Iowa and tracked 7.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 24. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Clarinda, IA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bayfield, Ashland counties, Wisconsin and tracked 13.4 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Ashland N Marengo, WI.
An F4 tornado touched down in Harrison, Mercer counties, Missouri and tracked 20.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Brooklyn to S Eagleville, MO.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ringgold County, Iowa and tracked 7.2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Redding, IA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Greer, Jackson, Kiowa counties, Oklahoma and tracked 29.8 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 52. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Blair, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Stafford County, Kansas and tracked 12.1 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W St. John/S Stafford, KS.
An F4 tornado touched down in Sioux, O'Brien counties, Iowa and tracked 10 miles, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Newkirk, IA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Sioux County, Iowa and tracked 8.1 miles, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lebanon, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Turner, Lincoln, Union counties, South Dakota and tracked 22 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Davis to NE Beresford, SD.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sioux County, Iowa and tracked 5.1 miles. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sioux Center, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Finney, Lane, Ness counties, Kansas and tracked 34.6 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fremont County, Wyoming and tracked 0.5 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Yellowstone County, Montana and tracked 20.6 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Buckingham County, Virginia and tracked 1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Traill County, North Dakota and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
25 tornadoes were recorded on June 16, 1973, in Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Virginia, Missouri, Maryland, North Dakota, Oklahoma and more.
An F3 tornado touched down in Greene, Albany, Saratoga counties, New York and tracked 49.1 miles, 67 yards wide at its widest.
An F1 tornado touched down in Monongalia County, West Virginia and tracked 2.5 miles, 17 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
29 tornadoes were recorded on June 16, 1990, in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, South Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas.
An F5 tornado touched down in Nobles, Murray counties, Minnesota and tracked 16 miles, 280 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 35.
An F4 tornado touched down in Murray County, Minnesota and tracked 7 miles, 160 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
67 tornadoes were recorded on June 16, 1992, in Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, 2 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 1 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Buffalo County, South Dakota and tracked 2 miles, 73 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wright County, Minnesota and tracked 10 miles, 120 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8.
An F3 tornado touched down in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota and tracked 2.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Harrison, Crawford counties, Iowa and tracked 26 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Miner County, South Dakota and tracked 3 miles, 73 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Kingsbury, Brookings counties, South Dakota and tracked 4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota and tracked 6 miles, 23 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Murray, Lyon counties, Minnesota and tracked 12 miles, 80 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Redwood County, Minnesota and tracked 16 miles, 90 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Redwood County, Minnesota and tracked 13 miles, 80 yards wide at its widest.
During the afternoon hours of June 16, 1992, a large and extremely violent tornado, commonly known as the Chandler–Lake Wilson tornado, tore through the small towns of Chandler and Lake Wilson in Murray County, Minnesota. The damage in Chandler was extreme enough for the local National Weather Service office to rate the damage F5 on the Fujita scale, which included the destruction of the Chandler-Lake Wilson High School building on the west side of town.
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25 tornadoes were recorded on June 16, 1997, in Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Kentucky.
Nickel to golfball sized hail fell along a path from Lawn to the city of Abilene.
tornado touched down at commercial blvd/nob hill intersection. one car was flipped there. tornado moved southwest to near nw103 st/nw 45 ave. several roofs were damaged. numerous windows were broken. small trees were uprooted and power lines knocked down.
Like a broken record, severe weather erupted again in northern and western Virginia - exactly one day after thunderstorms pounded many of the same areas.
The approach of a cold front combined with impressive jet stream energy at upper-levels of the atmosphere acted on unstable air near the surface to produce a major severe weather episode across northern Maryland for the second time in three weeks.
Thunderstorms developed along an occluded frontal bounday by midday June 16. Their intensity was aided by a large cold pocket of air aloft combined with the strong June midday sunshine. As the storms approached the Hudson Valley of eastern New York, some of them became severe.
A tornado occurred over open country with no known damage.
An intense line of thunderstorms developed around midday in eastern Colorado and rolled east through the afternoon hours. The line of storms produced dozens of severe weather reports, including 3 tornadoes, flooding rainfall, and intense outflow winds of 70 to 90 mph.
An upper level low lingered in the area for several days. An unstable atmosphere helped kick off several rounds of showers and storms. Boundaries helped focus rainfall totals over the same areas....leading to flash flooding.
Several supercell thunderstorms affected the western Carolinas during the afternoon and evening hours, producing very large hail, wind damage and a few tornadoes.
A strong system ejecting out of the central Rockies brought heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms to the area during the evening. This episode produced an EF1 tornado in northern McCone county and a microburst in eastern Roosevelt county that killed one person near Froid, MT.
A tornadic thunderstorm developed over central Ziebach County and slowly moved northeastward toward Red Elm and Dupree.
Several supercell thunderstorms brought very heavy rains of 4 to 7 inches, hail up to golfball size, winds to over 100 mph, along with a tornado to parts of north central South Dakota. Dewey county was the most affected by the storms.
A slow moving upper level short wave trough helped to produced scattered thunderstorms in the evening.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Stanton, Wayne, Cuming counties, Nebraska and tracked 23.94 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Stanton, Cuming, Wayne counties, Nebraska and tracked 11.5 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Stanton County, Nebraska and tracked 12.11 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Wayne, Dixon counties, Nebraska and tracked 15.84 miles, 530 yards wide at its widest.
36 tornadoes were recorded on June 16, 2014, in Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, Wisconsin, 4 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 2 people.
During the early morning hours of June 16th a warm, humid and unstable airmass rapidly returned to eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. As this air returned to the region, scattered thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours and continued into early afternoon.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Dane County, Wisconsin and tracked 0.96 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
A very dynamic weather pattern was in place over over Iowa. A warm front lifted north into the state. Temperatures warmed in the 80s with dew point readings in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
A line of severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon of June 16th across Minnesota and Iowa. As the storms rolled across western Wisconsin they produced sporadic wind damage and at least 2 tornadoes in Platteville (Grant County) where 5 injuries occurred.
A Quasi-linear convective system with a cyclonic rotating comma head on the north end produced numerous tornadoes and damaging straight line winds.
On the afternoon and early evening of June 16, 2014, a powerful cyclic supercell struck northeast Nebraska, producing six tornadoes, including four violent (EF4+) tornadoes. The tornadoes impacted areas east of Norfolk, including the village of Pilger, which sustained major damage, as well as farmsteads near Stanton, and Wakefield.
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Thunderstorms produced numerous events of large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and areal flooding across most of northwest Iowa from late morning through the evening of June 16th. There was also one brief tornado.
A warm front across central Nebraska became the focus for supercell thunderstorm development. The severe storms produced six tornadoes and large hail. The first tornado occurred in far northeast Custer County and the last occurred in southeastern Garfield County.
Severe Thunderstorms developed as a cold front moved east under deepening low pressure moving into the Great Lakes the afternoon and evening of the 16th.
A line of intense supercell thunderstorms developed over northeast Nebraska during the afternoon hours of Friday, June 16.
Thunderstorms erupted along an outflow boundary between the Red River and the Interstate 20 corridor on the afternoon of Sunday June 16 (Father's Day 2019) as a disturbance moved in from the northwest.
During the afternoon and evening of June 15th, an upper-level disturbance triggered a cluster of thunderstorms along a stationary front boundary around the Texas and Oklahoma border.
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail and one tornado across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
Thunderstorms developed during the early evening hours of June 16th over southern Lincoln County. This activity eventually developed to the east northeast into Custer County along a weak surface boundary. Severe thunderstorms were reported with hail up to tennis ball size.
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An unnamed storm crossed the coast near Baldwin, LA as a category 2 hurricane, 85 kt (100 mph), central pressure 966 mb. The 1934 Central America hurricane was a deadly tropical cyclone during the 1934 Atlantic hurricane season which caused at least 506 fatalities in Central America. Its peak strength, attained while in the Gulf of Mexico, was equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane on the modern Saffir–Simpson scale.
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Hurricane Shirley reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph) with a central pressure of 935 mb, a category 5 storm.
Hurricane Dianmu reached its peak of 155 kt (180 mph) with a central pressure of 879 mb, a category 5 storm.
Hurricane Guchol reached its peak of 130 kt (150 mph) with a central pressure of 926 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Carlotta crossed the coast near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico as a category 2 hurricane, 90 kt (105 mph), central pressure 976 mb. Hurricane Carlotta was the easternmost tropical cyclone in the Eastern Pacific to make landfall at hurricane intensity since 1966. The third tropical cyclone and third named storm of the 2012 Pacific hurricane season, Carlotta developed slowly into a tropical depression from a tropical wave southwest of Central America on June 14.
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Heavy rainfall fell across most of Central and East Central Wisconsin, as well as parts of Northeast Wisconsin from June 16th through the 18th. Amounts over the three day period ranged from 2 to 7 inches in most locales.
Three to five inches of rain within a 1 to 3 hour period resulted in extensive flash flooding. In Powell County about 50 homes and a dozen businesses sustained flood damage, and numerous roads had to be closed.
Summary of events of June 16, 1997:Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across much of Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of the 16th. Numerous reports of large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and flash flooding were received from across the region.
The White River rose well out of its banks, closing portions of some roads, including Indiana Route 257, about 4 miles northeast of Algiers in Pike County.
The remnants of tropical storm Allison drenched the southern halves of Montgomery and Bucks Counties and Philadelphia with up to 10 inches of rain. Torrential downpours occurred from early afternoon through the late evening on the 16th.
Highway 24 in southern Montgomery County was flooded, along with several other secondary roads.
The initial flooding began along Grapevine Creek and Legg Fork in the Sissonville and Pocatalico region, but shifted southeast after dawn. The flooding became more severe after 0730E in the area from Charleston northeast toward Rutledge and Pinch.
The White county 911 center reported that two males, one a 9-year old and the other a 44-year old, were injured when struck by lightning. The injuries were reported to be minor.
Localized downpours of 2 inches flooded roads around Hitchins. Three spelunkers were in one of the caves around Carter Caves. They were walking in a underground stream, heading toward a cave exit.
Rainfall of 3 to 8 inches caused flooding of numerous basements. Structural damaged was caused to several of the basements as walls caved in. Ground floors of several residences, businesses, and schools were flooded, including a dentists office.
Severe thunderstorms developed into a large cluster and squall line causing widespread wind damage across much of Oklahoma on June 16-17.
During the late afternoon and evening of June 16, 2007, a high precipitation supercell thunderstorm tracked from across northern Montana, just to the north of a warm front.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed along several boundaries that were located over Oklahoma. The thunderstorms moved slowly southeast during the afternoon, and continued developing and moving southeast into the overnight hours.
Thunderstorms produced numerous events of large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and areal flooding across most of southeast South Dakota from late morning through the evening of June 16th. The areal flooding was a longer term event and persisted through much of June 18th.
The afternoon of Monday, June 16th, two major thunderstorm complexes across Nebraska and South Dakota, congealed into one along the Minnesota, Iowa border from Sioux Falls, eastward along I-90 to Fairmont and Albert Lea.
Tropical Depression Bill brought flooding to parts of North Texas. The counties that experienced the most significant flooding were Wise and Montague Counties, and the northern parts of Parker County. Over a foot of rain fell in parts of Montague County.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Bill moved slowly over the region and produced widespread heavy rainfall and isolated severe weather. Moderate to major flooding occurred on area streams, rivers, and lakes. Historic flooding occurred on the James River around the Springfield area.
A vehicle was eastbound and became immersed in swift flowing water on the roadway. Vehicle was swept from the north side of the roadway , overturned and traveled northbound in swift water before striking a large pile of debris. Vehicle became lodged under the debris.
An upper level disturbance and the remnants of a convective complex triggered severe storms as they encountered an unstable airmass across the ArkLaMiss region.
A very moist and unstable air mass in place and the presence of a nearly stationary frontal boundary produced several rounds of severe storms and flash flooding across portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the 16th into the 17th.
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms along a stationary boundary starting Friday, June 15th, and persisting through the day June 16th, acted to saturate soils across northwest Wisconsin. Another round of training storms developed the night of the 16th, fed by a moist low-level jet.
As strong solar heating destabilized the atmosphere, numerous clusters of intense thunderstorms blossomed from southeast Missouri to southwest Indiana. The main impact associated with these storms was flash flooding.
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Trees were downed.
A broad but weak area of low pressure was located over the Great Lakes. A trough dropped slowly southeast across southeast Michigan during the late afternoon hours. Interactions between this trough and a number of lake breeze boundaries ignited thunderstorms.
Unusually large hail for the Mountain State occurred in central counties. Insurance companies estimated on the order of 4000 claims across West Virginia with this event. The majority of the damage was from hail damaging vehicles.
Trained storm spotter reported tennis ball sized hail.
Penny to nickel sized hail along with 60mph winds pounded the Gibbon area for an extended period of time.
Western and central New Yorkers experienced a rare widespread large and damaging hail event on the 16th of June. A warm humid airmass at the surface combined with an increasingly cold airmass advecting in aloft.
A strong cold front moved from west to east across eastern New York and western New England during Monday afternoon on June 16th. Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms developed with and preceding the front, many of which were accompanied by large hail.
A low pressure system over southern Ontario pulled a cold front across the area during the afternoon and evening. Widespread thunderstorms developed ahead of the front, with many of the storms producing large hail.
A weak disturbance continues to move northeast across the area on the northwest side of a subtropical ridge which had moved southward across north Florida. A hot, humid, very unstable air mass remained in place across the region.
Scattered severe thunderstorms over the eastern Texas panhandle and moved into southwest Oklahoma on this date back in 2011. Hail over two inches in diameter was reported in and around Altus, as well as wind gusts that exceeded 70 mph. In fact, severe wind gusts were reported in and around Altus for around 45 minutes.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Severe storms affected portions of central Mississippi during the afternoon and early evening hours. Primarily thunderstorm wind damage occurred in the form of tree damage, roof damage, and damaged power lines. An intense outflow boundary produced some of the damage.
Thunderstorms developed over the Sacramento Mountains early in the afternoon and produced localized flooding and severe hail.
Mid-afternoon thunderstorms caused tree damage and hail north of the Tampa Bay Area. One indirect fatality was associated with a storm near Brooksville.
A slow-moving isolated supercell developed in Morton County along a weak cold front during the evening hours in an environment with very strong instability and significant low level moisture.
A complex of storms moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening of June 16th. These storms produced quite a bit of large hail and also had some damaging winds in them.
Although the bulk of a more widespread/significant severe weather event focused slightly east of the local area on this Friday afternoon and evening, the western fringes of a southward-moving complex of severe storms brushed into mainly far eastern South Central Nebraska…
During the afternoon and evening of June 15th, an upper-level disturbance triggered a cluster of thunderstorms along a stationary front boundary around the Texas and Oklahoma border.
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A moist and unseasonably cold storm system brought widespread valley rain and mountain snow to much of Utah, with snow levels dropping to 6000 feet. The biggest impact from this storm was the death of a hiker who was unprepared for the weather conditions.
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A short, but intense, heat wave in Wichita Falls reached its peak on June 16, 1924. The maximum temperature that day was 111 degrees. This followed a high of 110 on the previous day, and was followed by 108 degrees the next two days.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
An upper-level ridge over the Mississippi Valley contributed to unseasonably hot and humid conditions. Highs were in the lower 90's. Twin two-year-old girls were found dead in a hot car at an apartment complex in Portageville. All the car windows were rolled up.
Gusty southwest winds of 20 to 35 mph brought a hot air-mass into southern Wisconsin, with maximum air temperatures reaching the lower to middle 90s, and daytime maximum heat index values of 95 or 96, beginning the afternoon of June 16th and lasting through the afternoon hours…
Strong high pressure under westerly upper flow continued across the desert southwest. This caused high temperatures to be a few degrees above normal or in the 105-109 range June 16-18th.
Another hot middle of the June day in Philadelphia claimed the life of an 83-year-old woman on the 16th. The high temperature in the city that day was 91 degrees.
Two people died of heat related causes in the Las Vegas Valley.
A strong ridge of high pressure was centered over the Central Plains during the middle part of the month with the Desert Southwest feeling its influence. This brought excessive heat conditions to the region with temperatures in Phoenix peaking at 113 on the 16th.
Very hot temperatures 7 to 10 degrees above normal were experienced in the lower elevations of southeast Arizona June 16, with high temperatures near record levels.
A baby died in a car in Upper Saint Clair after being left in a hot car for several hours.
An extended period of excessive heat began. The first stretch reaching warning criteria was in mid-June with more to come. On other days were generally at advisory levels. Excessive Heat Warning issued for max heat indices 113F or above.
The Upper Gila River Valley near Safford experienced major Heat Risk on June 16 with high temperatures of 106 degrees. These temperatures were about 4 to 6 degrees above normal.
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The Gray Fire started on June 16, 1989, in New Mexico, and burned 28,767 acres.
The Antelope Fire started on June 16, 1989, in New Mexico, and burned 13,274 acres.
The Uvas Fire was discovered on June 16, 1993, in New Mexico, and burned 11,856 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Big Creek Fire was discovered on June 16, 1996, in Alaska, and burned 48,600 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Monkey Girl Fire was discovered on June 16, 1996, in Alaska, and burned 39,116 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Pole Creek Fire was discovered on June 16, 1996, in Utah, and burned 10,405 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Buckeye Fire was discovered on June 16, 1998, in New Mexico, and burned 16,080 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on June 16, 1998, in Alachua County, Florida, and burned 6,500 acres; the cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
The Bluecut Fire was discovered on June 16, 2002, in California, and burned 6,864 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Nickel Fire was discovered on June 16, 2004, in Clark County, Nevada, and burned 8,404 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Old Dummy Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 231,822 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The North Bonanza Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 190,942 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fish Creek Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 117,748 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Ray River Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 97,307 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Boney Creek Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 62,563 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Goldwater Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Maricopa County, Arizona, and burned 58,536 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Six Mile Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 25,919 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Babantaltlin Hills Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 18,781 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bakatigikh Mountain Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 11,737 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Holly Lakes Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 9,672 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fossil Cr Fire was discovered on June 16, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 6,382 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Rivera Mesa Fire was discovered on June 16, 2006, in Mora County, New Mexico, and burned 16,114 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Harding Plex Fire was discovered on June 16, 2006, in Harding County, New Mexico, and burned 9,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
Persistent hot, dry, and windy weather continued to result in critical fire weather conditions throughout the month of June.
The Impassable Bay Fire was discovered on June 16, 2011, in Florida, and burned 11,025 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Hogatza River Fire was discovered on June 16, 2012, in Alaska, and burned 24,179 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Nowitna River Fire was discovered on June 16, 2012, in Alaska, and burned 22,366 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Dad Fire was discovered on June 16, 2012, in Craven County, North Carolina, and burned 21,331 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Fox Fire was discovered on June 16, 2012, in Pima County, Arizona, and burned 7,474 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Creek Fire was discovered on June 16, 2013, in Arizona, and burned 18,076 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Whitetail Fire was reported on June 16, 2015, in Gila County, Arizona, and burned 33,633 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Healy Lake Fire was reported on June 16, 2015, in Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska, and burned 11,474 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Backbone Fire was a wildfire that started near Payson, Arizona on June 16, 2021. The fire burned 40,855 acres (16,533 ha) was fully contained on July 19, 2021.
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The Backbone Fire was reported on June 16, 2021, in Yavapai County, Arizona, and burned 40,855 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bear Fire was reported on June 16, 2021, in Greenlee County, Arizona, and burned 24,061 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Horton Fire was reported on June 16, 2021, in Greenlee County, Arizona, and burned 12,263 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Boatman Fire was reported on June 16, 2022, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 5,199 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Three Lakes Fire was reported on June 16, 2023, in Coconino County, Arizona, and burned 6,914 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Hogatza Fire was reported on June 16, 2025, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 29,280 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Chicken Fire was reported on June 16, 2025, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 8,071 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
Wildfire was started on June 16 by human cause. It was contained on June 24. One fatality was reported.
The Upriver Fire was a fast-moving, destructive wildfire that burned in Spokane, Washington, United States. The fire ignited on June 16, 2026 near Camp Sekani of human origin and rapidly spread due to a combination of high temperatures, low humidity levels, and gusty winds.
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The fire started on June 16 by human causes. It was located 12 miles southeast of Omak. It was contained on July 1.
The Kartar Fire was reported on June 16, 2026, in Okanogan County, Washington, and burned 11,746 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Tucannon Mutual Aid Fire was reported on June 16, 2026, in Columbia County, Washington, and burned 8,069 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 1,001 people, destroyed 3,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
The 1026 Manju tsunami affected the Sea of Japan coast of the then Iwami Province on June 16. Considered one of the largest tsunamis in the Sea of Japan, it generated a tsunami with waves of 10 m (33 ft) at present-day Masuda, Shimane.
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An earthquake struck Serbia, Balkans NW.
8 making it one of the largest earthquakes in Nepalese history. The earthquake killed an approximate 30 percent of the Nepalese population at the time.
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Japan. It killed some people (about 51 to 100).
The 1662 Kanbun earthquake affected Japan on June 16, 1662. 6.
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An earthquake struck Yamasiro, Japan. It killed 600 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Turkey.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Honda,mariquita, Colombia. It killed 200 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Rann of Kutch,ahmadabad,poonah,bhooj, India. It killed 1,543 people, destroyed 1,547 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
The 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake occurred at about 18:45 to 18:50 local time on 16 June 1819. 2 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
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An earthquake struck Northern Italy.
An earthquake struck Greece-Albania.
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck South Island, New Zealand. It killed 17 people. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Northeastern Colombia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck W Coast, Honshu, Japan. It killed 36 people, injured 385, destroyed 3,557 houses and did $800 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
6. The epicenter was on the continental shelf off the northwest coast of Honshu, Japan, in Niigata Prefecture, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the city of Niigata.
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A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Buaran,bantar Kawsun,jipang, Java, Indonesia. It killed 1 person, injured 6 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Kagizman, Turkey.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Japen, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia. It killed 17 people, destroyed 2,556 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
The 2010 Papua earthquake occurred on June 16 at 12:16 local time in Papua province of Indonesia. 6 aftershock.
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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Maluku, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck La Laigne, Charente-Maritime, France. It injured 2 and did $440 million in damage.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It killed 3 people, injured 95, destroyed 214 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Off Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, with a maximum water height of 10 meters. It killed 1,001 people, destroyed 3,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Bay of Naples, Italy.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Aegean Sea, Greece.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Kutch, India. It killed 1,543 people, destroyed 1,547 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Tasman Sea, New Zealand, with a maximum water height of 2.5 meters. It killed 17 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck NE Colombia, W Venezuela.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck NW. Honshu Island, Japan, with a maximum water height of 5.8 meters. It killed 36 people, injured 385, destroyed 3,557 houses and did $800 million in damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Banda Sea, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 1.5 meters.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began June 16, 1939, reached Kp 7- and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 35; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began June 16, 1965, reached Kp 7 and lasted 30 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 73; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began June 16, 2003, reached Kp 7- and lasted 57 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 60; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A flooding disaster that cost $1.1 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 4, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 16, 2024 to June 23, 2024.
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A 78 year old woman, Meta B. Stinnett, was killed by lightning during an afternoon thunderstorm. A bolt of lightning hit a tree about 50 feet from where she was standing in her front yard. The energy from the bolt traveled along the ground and struck her.
A 31-year-old man drowned while trying to rescue his daughter and son and two other children who were caught in a rip current on the Brinley Avenue Beach in Bradley Beach. A second 19-year-old man who also was trying to help was rescued.
Lightning struck two hikers twice. After the first strike, they awaited for the storm to pass. They were then struck a second time as they waited.
Victim was driving a 1997 Toyota 4Runner eastbound on Baya Lane, when a lightning bolt struck a large pine tree. The tree fell on his vehicle and the victim was struck and killed by a branch which penetrated the front windshield. Source Gainesville Sun 6/18/03.
Several days with a moderate to high risk for rip currents occurred along the Brevard County beaches. A man who was in the ocean off Cocoa Beach drowned after being caught in a rip current.
Rip related drowning near Carolina Beach.
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced gusty winds over portions of the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland and Virginia Coastal Waters.
A man was caught up in a rip current and drowned in Virginia Beach.
A 67 year old male drown was pulled from the Gulf behind the Flamingo Motel, 15525 Front Beach Road, and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Yellow flags were flying at the time.
Lightning struck a home in Prichard, AL, critically injuring one person.
Moderate rip currents across Brunswick County led to a drowning.
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