Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for June 23, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Marion, Harrison, Taylor counties, West Virginia and tracked 60.4 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 100 and injuring 381. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Shinnston, WV.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Jefferson, Brooke, Washington counties, Ohio and tracked 97.6 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 30 and injuring 300. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: WV to Chartiers, PA to MD.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Somerset counties, Pennsylvania and tracked 50.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 17 and injuring 200. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: McKeesport, PA.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 8.4 earthquake struck Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Ayacucho, Peru. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 103 people, left 138 missing, injured 2,713, destroyed 25,399 houses and did $200 million in damage.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.4 earthquake struck S. Peru, with a maximum water height of 8.8 meters. It killed 103 people, left 138 missing, injured 2,713, destroyed 25,399 houses and did $200 million in damage.
Tornadoes
On the afternoon of June 23, 2016, a severe thunderstorm produced an extremely large, deadly and violent tornado over the province of Jiangsu, China. m.
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Floods
Deep Depression ARB 02 was a weak tropical cyclone which brought heavy rains and flooding to the Indian state of Gujarat in June 2015. It was the third tropical cyclone and second deep depression of the 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.
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Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Burke, Renville counties, North Dakota and tracked 20.6 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SK to N Kenmare, ND.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Oaxaca, Mexico. It killed 10 people, injured 24 and did $75 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Cedar County, Nebraska and tracked 13 miles, 1,200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
Tornadoes
Multiple rounds of convection resulted in wind damage and flooding. Flash flooding on small streams turned into river flooding. A historic and record setting flood occurred along portions of the Elk and Gauley Rivers in central West Virginia.
Floods
One of the worst flash floods in the history of West Virginia occurred on June 23, 2016 as extreme rainfall occurred across portions of Greenbrier and several adjacent counties.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Deuel County, South Dakota and tracked 6.4 miles, killing 1 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Altamont Township, SD.
An F3 tornado touched down in Chickasaw County, Iowa, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Nashua, IA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Lee County, South Carolina, killing 2 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Bishopville/Elliott, SC.
An F4 tornado touched down in Burke, Renville counties, North Dakota and tracked 20.6 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SK to N Kenmare, ND.
An F4 tornado touched down in Marion, Harrison, Taylor counties, West Virginia and tracked 60.4 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 100 and injuring 381. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Shinnston, WV.
An F4 tornado touched down in Jefferson, Brooke, Washington counties, Ohio and tracked 97.6 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 30 and injuring 300. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: WV to Chartiers, PA to MD.
An F4 tornado touched down in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Somerset counties, Pennsylvania and tracked 50.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 17 and injuring 200. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: McKeesport, PA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Tucker County, West Virginia and tracked 3.2 miles, 170 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Thomas, WV.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dorchester, Talbot, Wicomico counties, Maryland and tracked 28 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 33. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Cambridge, MD to NW Delmar, DE.
An F3 tornado touched down in Armstrong, Indiana, Cambria counties, Pennsylvania and tracked 31.7 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 19. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Rural Valley to Twin Rocks, PA.
In the evening of June 23, 1944, a powerful F4 tornado devastated northern West Virginia, particularly the town of Shinnston. The tornado killed at least 100 people and injured hundreds more.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Sioux County, North Dakota and tracked 9.5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Selfridge, ND.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sioux County, North Dakota and tracked 3.4 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Selfridge, ND.
An F2 tornado touched down in Stevens County, Kansas and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5.
An F1 tornado touched down in Morton County, Kansas and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cherokee County, Iowa and tracked 24.1 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Polk County, Wisconsin and tracked 18.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Kearny, Finney counties, Kansas and tracked 35.6 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30.
An F4 tornado touched down in Sedgwick County, Kansas and tracked 8.7 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F1 tornado touched down in Pima County, Arizona and tracked 1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 40.
At 1550 CST the roof of a barn and a car shed was blown off in northern Val Verde County. At almost the same time, wind gusts to 66 knots were recorded at Rough Canyon at Lake Amistad. The storm then dissipated very quickly.
A mobile home was blown over south of Monticello. Near Wolcott a barn was heavily damaged, and a person was injured.
Lightning struck the tower of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The bolt knocked chunks of rock from the top of the tower and blew a 4-ft wide hole about half way down the side. It also punched at least two holes in the tile roof and shattered part of the stone railing.
Two farm houses destroyed. Six farm houses severely damaged. One house blown off foundation. Bar destroyed. Center pivots overturned. Severe crop damage.
Once again, a warm frontal boundary was located to the south of Iowa with very warm and unstable air just to the south of the front. Dew point temperatures were in the low 70s in the warm air. This moisture was drawn north over the frontal boundary, into Iowa.
A warm front, moving into Connecticut, produced a line of showers and isolated thunderstorms during the early afternoon of June 23. One cell developed into a supercell which then spawned two tornados in Litchfield County.
An F4 tornado touched down in Brown County, South Dakota and tracked 9 miles, 900 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Brown County, South Dakota and tracked 10 miles, 900 yards wide at its widest.
A powerful supercell thunderstorm produced six tornados from eastern McPherson county and across northern Brown county during the evening hours of June 23rd. The first weak tornado (F0) touched down briefly 6.4 miles northeast of Leola and resulted in no damage.
An F4 tornado touched down in Cedar County, Nebraska and tracked 13 miles, 1,200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An eventual f4 tornado began its destructive path around 6 miles southwest of Coleridge. The tornado moved northeast and crossed the northern sections of the city uprooting trees, downing power lines and destroying a couple of grain bins.
An F3 tornado touched down in Green Lake, Fond du Lac counties, Wisconsin and tracked 7.6 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Green Lake, Dodge, Fond du Lac counties, Wisconsin and tracked 33.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
Two rounds of severe weather affected parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin on June 23rd, with the second round featuring 8 tornadoes, large hail (up to golf-ball size), and powerful straight-line downburst winds.
Thunderstorms that developed ahead of a strong cold front that moved through Wisconsin produced severe weather in the central and east central parts of the state during the evening.
A line of thunderstorms that moved out of Minnesota produced wind damage, hail and several tornadoes. The first tornado touched down about 1.5 miles north of Taylor (Jackson County) around 6:22 p.m.
Three grain bins were blown apart and thrown onto the nearby railroad tracks. An old garage was damaged and shingles were blown off a house.
Severe thunderstorms developed across central and north central North Dakota Monday (23rd) evening. Most of the storms developed near a strong upper level disturbance and an upper jet tracking along the Canadian border.
Severe thunderstorms produced quarter size hail across Adams, Denver, Douglas and Elbert Counties. In addition, wet microbursts produced thunderstorm outflow winds up to 80 mph across Logan, Morgan, Phillips and Sedgwick Counties.
A frontal boundary gradually settled across the area on the 23rd and 24th. The energy associated with the boundary combined with warm afternoon temperatures to produce scattered thunderstorms mainly along and ahead of the boundary.
Severe thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during the afternoon and evening hours of June 23rd producing widespread wind and tree damage as well as flash flooding.
A line of severe storms advanced from Illinois and intensified further as it interacted with strong instability and shear. The line took on a line echo wave pattern (LEWP), resulting in an abundance of wind damage reports, including a large scale microburst in La Porte county.
A warm front lifted north across the area during the afternoon leaving a warm and unstable airmass in place. An area of thunderstorms moved across northern Ohio during the afternoon and evening producing a few areas of severe weather.
On the afternoon of June 23, 2016, a severe thunderstorm produced an extremely large, deadly and violent tornado over the province of Jiangsu, China. m.
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Multiple rounds of convection resulted in wind damage and flooding. Flash flooding on small streams turned into river flooding. A historic and record setting flood occurred along portions of the Elk and Gauley Rivers in central West Virginia.
Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall along the Gulf Coast and quickly lifted northeast toward the lower Ohio Valley June 22-23. The remnants interacted with a cold front from the Upper Midwest to produced widespread heavy rainfall.
Remnants of tropical storm Cindy interacted with a southward moving cold front in the afternoon of June 23rd.
Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall in southwestern Louisiana on the 22nd. The storm weakened after making landfall and became post tropical as it moved through the Mississippi and lower Ohio River Valleys into the 23rd.
Clusters of thunderstorms formed over western Kentucky early in the afternoon. Several of these storms produced large hail or damaging wind.
An organized line of showers and thunderstorms developed as a disturbance approached from the northwest and moved through the area. Some of these storms produced flash flooding, damaging winds, and 3 tornadoes.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Prowers County, Colorado and tracked 13.12 miles, 320 yards wide at its widest.
The most notable storm of the day was an intense, long-lived, cyclic tornadic supercell which significantly impacted Scotts Bluff and Morrill Counties during the early evening hours.
An upper level low passing over Wyoming combined with a strong jet stream to bring an outbreak of severe thunderstorms. Four tornadoes were reported on this day, the most in one day since June 12, 2017.
A tornadic thunderstorm developed over far southern Campbell County and tracked east-northeast into Weston County.
An intense, long-lived supercell initially developed near the town of Chugwater over the higher terrain of the central Laramie Range around 3:00 PM on 6/23, tracking to the east-southeast across southern Platte and Goshen Counties through approximately 7:00 PM.
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Typhoon Bobbie, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Asiang, was an intense typhoon which affected the Philippines and Japan during June 1992. The third tropical depression, storm, and first typhoon of the 1992 Pacific typhoon season, Bobbie developed from a weak area of convection in the monsoon trough.
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Slow moving Tropical Storm Debby created significant impacts to the area for several days, including freshwater flooding, storm surge flooding, and trees and power lines blown down due to gusty winds.
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Major small stream flooding occurred after a second roundof thunderstorms, within 18 hours, dumped about 2 inches ofrain in an hour. A 24 year old woman drowned when her carwashed into Lower Creek, north of Milton. The woman got out of the car, but she was swept away.
Thunderstorms developed explosively over the Kansas City metro area during the late morning hours. Storms continued to back-build and dump heavy rain on the area into early afternoon.
Morning upper air analysis showed a low level thermal gradient from Eastern Minnesota through Eastern Iowa into Western Illinois.
Another round of convection developed over Iowa during the afternoon hours as warm and unstable air was drawn north over the top of the outflow boundary left behind from convection during the mid day hours. Very heavy rain fell along the arc of the outflow boundary.
County wide flooding. Several periods of heavy rain produced 8 to 12 inches across much of Douglas county. Numerous roads were under water in the Alexandria, Nelson, and Carlos areas. Some cars actually floated in Alexandria and a few houses were flooded.
A very unstable airmass was in place over Iowa during the afternoon of the 23rd. Surface temperatures soared to the low to mid 90s in most areas, with dew point temperatures in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
A strong cold front triggered a line of severe thunderstorms across Iowa during the afternoon of June 23rd. The storms pushed eastward into Illinois by late afternoon and evening, producing widespread wind damage and torrential rainfall.
A line of showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of eastern Iowa and Illinois during the afternoon and evening of June 23. These storms produced rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches and strong winds of 60 to 80 mph.
Slow moving thunderstorms with very heavy rain developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary beneath an upper trof during the afternoon and evening of the 23rd. A severe thunderstorm developed over Brownville during the late afternoon and evening with damaging winds.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across southeast Illinois during the late morning and early afternoon of June 23rd, continuing into the early morning of June 24th.
A slow moving supercell thunderstorm produced periods of heavy rain over Hemphill County during the afternoon hours of the 22nd. This heavy rain led to the Canadian River to rise above banks at the town of Canadian (Hemphill County) by 7:30 AM on the 23rd.
Deep Depression ARB 02 was a weak tropical cyclone which brought heavy rains and flooding to the Indian state of Gujarat in June 2015. It was the third tropical cyclone and second deep depression of the 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.
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A slowly northward moving boundary/warm front was draped across the area throughout the day. By the evening vigorous storms fired up just north of the boundary and continued as the low level jet began to pick up. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were reported.
In the early morning hours of June 23, a cluster of thunderstorms developed over Lake Erie. These storms moved ashore off of Lake Erie around 4am with extensive tree damage to the immediate lake shore counties around the Cleveland metro area.
A 19-year-old male drowned in the Brazos River when the river quickly rose in response to water releases from Possum Kingdom Lake upstream.
One of the worst flash floods in the history of West Virginia occurred on June 23, 2016 as extreme rainfall occurred across portions of Greenbrier and several adjacent counties.
S. state of West Virginia and nearby parts of Virginia, resulting in 23 deaths.
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The synoptic setup for this event featured an upper level ridge over the central U.S. with several strong short-waves topping the ridge and dropping southeast across the Ohio Valley toward the central Appalachians.
Several rounds of torrential rainfall resulted in major flooding in portions of Isabella county, where some locations received close to seven inches of rain. The flooding resulted in over 90 million dollars worth of damage to homes, roads and bridges in Isabella county.
A cold front interacted with a very hot and unstable airmass across the region during the late afternoon and evening.
There was an upper ridge over the southwest part of the country with a cold front that moved into West Texas and southeast New Mexico during the late afternoon and evening hours.
Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall in southwestern Louisiana on the 22nd. The storm weakened after making landfall and became post tropical as it moved through the Mississippi and lower Ohio River Valleys into the 23rd.
On 23 June, floods started across the northern provinces of Vietnam. The flood waters have receded from the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau, Ha Giang and Lao Cai while several towns and villages were inaccessible.
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In 2018, Vietnam faced a series of devastating floods. Starting in June, floods impacted northern regions, claiming 23 lives and causing significant damage to homes and agricultural lands.
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Multiple rounds of thunderstorms moved across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas from the afternoon of June 22nd through the early morning hours of the 24th, as a cold front approached the area from the west. The strongest storms produced damaging wind.
During the late afternoon, and early evening of Thursday, June 23rd, a small complex of storms developed in central Minnesota. These storms were developing along an 850mb confluent boundary with an above normal plume of PWATs of 1.25.
Accelerated snowmelt from a near-record snowpack due to above normal temperatures produced high and fast flow on drainages in several west-central counties.
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High winds caused destruction over much of central and western Oklahoma on June 23, 1976. Winds from thunderstorms caused extensive damage to roofs, signs, and awnings. A steel tower near Weatherford toppled in the winds, while a man was injured when the winds blew him off a 30-foot high oil storage tank.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Tree limbs larger than four inches in diameter were broke off.
An isolated thunderstorm produced up to baseball-size hail. The public reported golf ball-size hail covering the ground, as well as estimated winds of 85 mph. The downtown area was hit hard, along with residences on the south side of town.
Hail storms pummeled bean, corn and wheat fields of about 60 farmers in Stevens County June 21-24. Damage amount compiled by Stevens County Emergency Management.
A surface boundary draped across the area helped to provide a focus for thunderstorm development as an upper level disturbance cross the Central Plains.
A passing upper level disturbance interacted with a nearby stationary front to produce an isolated strong thunderstorm, whose strong winds and heavy rainfall combined to bring a tree down on a car in Fairfield County, killing the occupant.
An upper level low pressure area off the Oregon coast, combined with daytime heating and a moist southerly flow to produce a line of locally severe thunderstorms across Walla Walla and Columbia counties.
Supercell thunderstorms developed during the day across western Montana and north-central Idaho. Two thunderstorm cells merged over the Missoula valley initiating a damaging microburst.
The combination of an unseasonably hot and humid air mass, an approaching cold front and strong winds aloft caused a squall line of severe thunderstorms to move through southern New Jersey during the very late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd.
Isolated, pulse severe thunderstorms developed across southwest and south central Alabama during the afternoon and evening of June 23, 2015.
An organized thunderstorm complex tracked southeast from the Great Lakes and produced wind damage across north-central Pennsylvania during the pre-dawn and early morning hours.
A cold front moved south through the region. Southerly flow ahead of the front led to an unstable air mass, which combined with steepening mid level lapse rates and increased sheer led to numerous severe thunderstorms being triggered right ahead of the front.
The combination of an unseasonably hot and humid air mass, an approaching cold front and strong winds aloft caused a squall line of severe thunderstorms to move through southeast Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd.
A mesoscale convective system developed across Illinois and worked east then southeast across the region during the early morning hours of June 23rd.
A boat capsized around 3.5 miles southeast of the Buckboard Marina on Flaming Gorge reservoir around 1 pm after gusty winds developed and the water became choppy. The boat was swamped and eventually capsized. A 48 year old man drowned as a result.
Strong daytime heating and good moisture levels proved sufficient for scattered thunderstorm development up and down much of the High Plains on the afternoon and evening of the 23rd.
A shortwave and pre-frontal trough moved into a very hot, humid, and unstable airmass, which sparked off several severe thunderstorms, mainly producing damaging wind gusts.
An approaching cold front caused two rounds of thunderstorms to track through central and east-central Wisconsin during the early afternoon and again late in the afternoon into the early evening on Monday (6/23).
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A man died of heatstroke while relaxing beside his pool.
The first heat wave of the summer caused 3 deaths and at least 143 heat related injuries. High temperatures wee in the middle 90s with the heat index from 105 to 110.
The first heat wave of the summer caused 1 death and over 120 heat related injuries. The bulk of the injuries in Madison County occurred at an NHRA drag racing event that was held at Gateway International Raceway June 25-28. The 1 death occurred in East St. Louis, St.
The first run of excessive heat and humidity of the summer season occurred during the work week of June 23rd across Philadelphia and its suburbs. The highest temperatures and heat indices occurred on the 26th.
The first heat wave of the season hit in late June and resulted in two deaths in the Metro East. A 70 year old woman died in Alton and a 48 year old man in Centreville. Both were found in their homes with no air conditioning.
Temperatures around 105 degrees killed three people in the Las Vegas Valley.
The first heat related death in north Texas occurred in Garland on June 23rd. A Heat Advisory was in effect.
Unseasonably hot and humid weather enveloped the Maryland Eastern Shore on the 23rd and 24th. It culminated on the 24th with maximum temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees and afternoon heat indices of around 105F.
Hot weather persisted through South Central Arizona during the last week of the month.
A very hot period occurred during the last week of June. Maximum temperatures climbed to 100 degrees or higher on each of these days in at least one county in north Alabama.
Unseasonably hot and humid weather occurred across southern New Jersey on the 23rd with high temperatures reaching into the lower to mid 90s and afternoon heat indices of around 100F.
A 3 year old boy died after climbing into a hot car that was parked at his home in Fort Worth.
More than a week of excessive heat across the Rio Grande Valley was a likely culprit in at least four deaths of undocumented immigrants who perished from heat stroke or severe heat exhaustion as well as dehydration in brush just south of McAllen, Texas, on June 23rd.
In late June and late July 2019 there were two temporally distinct European heat waves, which set all-time high temperature records in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
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A child dies after being left in a car.
A large upper ridge built into central California on June 22 and strengthened over the area on June 23 resulting in widespread triple digit heat across the San Joaquin Valley between June 23 and June 27.
The combination of hot to very hot temperatures and high humidity combined to lead to heat criteria across much of the Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas in the later stages of June as a stubborn mid-level area of high pressure refused to let up.
A ridge of high pressure over the southwest CONUS led to temperatures climbing above normal as highs in Phoenix approached or exceeded 110 degrees each afternoon. The hottest day during this time in Phoenix occurred on the 24th with a high of 112 degrees.
In San Diego County, starting June 22, the Border 58 wildfire burned 137 acres east of Chula Vista on Otay Mountain Truck Trail, Otay Mountain Wilderness in Otay Mesa, California.
Heat and humidity combined to yield 105 109-degree heat indices across the western two-thirds of Oklahoma during the afternoon/evening of the 23rd through 28th.
Six people died in southern Nevada of heat-related causes.
A strong ridge of high pressure over the region led to the development of record-breaking heat and humidity on this day. Heat index values approached 110 degrees in urban valley areas, which resulted in extreme heat warnings to be issued.
An anomalously hot air mass overspread Northeastern New Jersey on June 23, 2025 as high pressure was centered over the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. Heat index values peaked at around 110 degrees F in the afternoon.
Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were 3 to 8 degrees above normal with Moderate to Major HeatRisk.
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A record low temperature for Wichita Falls was set on June 23, 2004. The temperature at Sheppard Air Force Base fell to 60 degrees, which broke a 14-year-old record by 2 degrees.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
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Charlotte Amalie (St. Thomas) recorded 99°F, Virgin Islands (U.S.)’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
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The Angel Fire started on June 23, 1985, in Oregon, and burned 38,425 acres.
The Corbin Fire started on June 23, 1985, in Oregon, and burned 31,933 acres.
The Shoshone Fire started on June 23, 1988, in Wyoming, and burned 29,919 acres.
The Redshoshone Complex started on June 23, 1988, in Wyoming, and burned 27,433 acres.
The Hsl Nnw 37 Fire started on June 23, 1991, in Alaska, and burned 27,142 acres.
The Btt S 48 Fire was discovered on June 23, 1992, in Alaska, and burned 25,600 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Foraker Fire was discovered on June 23, 2000, in Alaska, and burned 17,956 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Camp Creek Fire was discovered on June 23, 2004, in Alaska, and burned 175,815 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Westside Complex was discovered on June 23, 2005, in Washington County, Utah, and burned 65,480 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Little Venus Fire was discovered on June 23, 2006, in Park County, Wyoming, and burned 34,581 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Shu Lightning Complex (Motion) Fire was discovered on June 23, 2008, in Shasta County, California, and burned 28,336 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Corral Fire was discovered on June 23, 2008, in Lassen County, California, and burned 12,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Derby Creek Fire was discovered on June 23, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 23,577 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Louie Creek Fire was discovered on June 23, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 17,837 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
A wildfire erupted in Waldo Canyon, west of Colorado Springs midday June 23rd and was not contained until July 10th. The fire consumed 18,247 acres, most of which was in National Forest land.
The Wood Hollow Fire was discovered on June 23, 2012, in Sanpete County, Utah, and burned 47,387 acres; the cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
The Dry Creek Fire was discovered on June 23, 2012, in Alaska, and burned 47,154 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Waldo Canyon Fire was discovered on June 23, 2012, in El Paso County, Colorado, and burned 18,947 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Chandalar Fire was discovered on June 23, 2013, in Alaska, and burned 15,528 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Lloyd Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 66,268 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Glacier Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 47,333 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Pontag Creek Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 39,043 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Flint Creek Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 35,749 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Ophir Creek Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Bethel County, Alaska, and burned 30,929 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Our Creek Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 30,737 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Trail Creek Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 29,501 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Izavlknek River Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Bethel County, Alaska, and burned 22,613 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sulukna Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 16,704 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Christian River #2 Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 15,716 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The North Fork Flats Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 15,403 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Puk Palik Lake Fire was reported on June 23, 2015, in Bethel County, Alaska, and burned 14,413 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Erskine Fire was a wildfire in the Lake Isabella area of Kern County. It was the second-largest wildfire of the 2016 California wildfire season.
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The Erskine Fire began on June 23, 2016 along Erskine Creek Road, 1 mile southwest of Lake Isabella in Kern County. The fire spread rapidly due to strong, gusty winds, hot temperatures and dry conditions on June 23 through 25.
The Erskine Fire was reported on June 23, 2016, in Kern County, California, and burned 48,019 acres.
The Ammerman Creek Fire was reported on June 23, 2017, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 23,964 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Pawnee Fire was a large wildfire that burned in Spring Valley in Lake County, California, in the United States. The fire started on June 23, 2018, and quickly expanded overnight, destroying 12 structures, and causing the evacuation of the entire Spring Valley area.
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The Lane Fire was a wildfire in Paynes Creek, California in the United States. The fire started on June 23, 2018, and burned a total of 3,716 acres (15 km2), before it was contained on July 4.
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The Pawnee Fire was reported on June 23, 2018, in Lake County, California, and burned 15,185 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Sawgrass (6) Fire was reported on June 23, 2019, in Broward County, Florida, and burned 42,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sawgrass (6) Fire was reported on June 23, 2019, in Broward County, Florida, and burned 42,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Lloyd Mountain Fire was reported on June 23, 2019, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 34,328 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Boundary River Fire was reported on June 23, 2019, in Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska, and burned 14,913 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Main Fire was reported on June 23, 2024, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 28,147 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Runt Fire was reported on June 23, 2025, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 15,969 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Area 2 Fire was reported on June 23, 2026, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and burned 12,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
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An earthquake struck Lantosque,roquebilliere,nice, France.
An earthquake struck Greece. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck France. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Shanxi Province, China.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck El Centro, California, United States. It killed 6 people and did $900,000 in damage.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck British Columbia, Canada. It killed 1 person. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Ghalegh Seyed,khesht,konar Takhteh, Iran. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 8.4 earthquake struck Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Ayacucho, Peru. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 103 people, left 138 missing, injured 2,713, destroyed 25,399 houses and did $200 million in damage.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Val-Des-Bois, Gracefield, Quebec, Canada.
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Sse of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Oaxaca, Mexico. It killed 10 people, injured 24 and did $75 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Mala, Canete, Peru. It killed 1 person, injured 20 and destroyed 6 houses.
2 on June 23, oldest first.
Semeru, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.
Unzendake, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. It killed 1 person.
9 on June 23, oldest first.
A tsunami with a source recorded as questionable earthquake struck Marseilles, France.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck British Columbia, Canada, with a maximum water height of 9 meters. It killed 1 person.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.4 earthquake struck S. Peru, with a maximum water height of 8.8 meters. It killed 103 people, left 138 missing, injured 2,713, destroyed 25,399 houses and did $200 million in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Aleutian Islands, AK, United States, with a maximum water height of 0.17 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck S of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, with a maximum water height of 0.13 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck Mediterranean and Black Seas, Spain, with a maximum water height of 2.5 meters. It injured 15.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck English Channel, France, with a maximum water height of 0.39 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Off Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico, with a maximum water height of 1.57 meters. It killed 10 people, injured 24 and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began June 23, 1956, reached Kp 7- and lasted 36 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 52; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began June 23, 2005, reached Kp 7 and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 50; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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The Gros Ventre landslide is in the Gros Ventre Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, United States. The Gros Ventre landslide is seven miles (11 km) east of Jackson Hole valley and Grand Teton National Park.
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A man working on a barge along the Mississippi River was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. He died on July 2, 1998 as a result of his lightning strike related injuries.
Two men were struck by lightning, one fatal, while fishing in a boat near Cypress Street and Interstate 75 (Howard Franklin Bridge) in Old Tampa Bay.
A 59-year old male camper was apparently struck by lightning and died while resting in a hammock during the evening of June 23rd. The man was in a hammock, in Round Valley Reservoir, which was anchored to several trees.
A man was struck by lightning June 23, 2007 during an outdoor festival.
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed along a secondary cold front that was moving across the Connecticut River Valley into New Hampshire during the early afternoon of June 23rd.
Panama City Beach police and Beach fire rescue arrived at the beach near Crane street and Front beach road in response to a distressed swimmer. The swimmer was pulled from the water shortly after 2 o'clock and later died. He was a 59 year old male from West Virginia.
An 18 year old male swimmer went missing around 11 am CDT on June 23rd near the west end of the beach of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. He was located one and a half hours later and taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Waves were estimated around 4 feet.
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