Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for June 27, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Billion-dollar disasters
A flooding disaster that cost $46 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 48, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 27, 1993 to August 15, 1993.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Adana, Ceyhan, Turkey. It killed 145 people, injured 1,500, destroyed 1,700 houses and did $550 million in damage.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Adair County, Iowa and tracked 0.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Big Stone County, Minnesota and tracked 6.4 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 45. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Clinton, MN.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Trego County, Kansas and tracked 0.8 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 100.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Jiayi, Taiwan. It killed 117 people, injured 534, destroyed 6,600 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China. It killed 110 people, injured 100 and destroyed 600 houses.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Scotts Bluff, Morrill counties, Nebraska and tracked 26 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 29.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Nepal-India. It killed 80 people, injured 100, destroyed 5,200 houses and did $1 million in damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Bureau, LaSalle counties, Illinois and tracked 34.7 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, injuring 34. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Princeton, IL.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Henry County, Illinois and tracked 15.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Geneseo to N Hooppole, IL.
Heat and drought
Temperatures were unusually hot on the 27th with high temperatures in the San Antonio area ranging from 100-103 degrees (the normal high is 93). Sixty-seven people were found in a tractor-trailer on the southwest side of San Antonio.
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An unrated tornado touched down in Darke, Miami, Montgomery counties, Ohio and tracked 31 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Dayton, OH.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wayne County, Michigan and tracked 1.5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Detroit, MI.
An F3 tornado touched down in Meeker, Stearns counties, Minnesota and tracked 29.7 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Cosmos/E Litchfield/Forest City, MN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sibley, McLeod counties, Minnesota and tracked 28.3 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 29. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Gibbon/W Glencoe, MN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Brown County, Minnesota and tracked 20.5 miles, killing 1 and injuring 16. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Springfield/Leavenworth/W Sleepy Eye, MN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Pipestone County, Minnesota and tracked 18.6 miles, 299 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 13. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Pipestone/NW Holland, MN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Murray, Cottonwood counties, Minnesota and tracked 15.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Fulda/Westbrook, MN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wright County, Minnesota, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Montrose, MN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Codington County, South Dakota. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Henry, SD.
An F3 tornado touched down in Chippewa, Kandiyohi counties, Minnesota and tracked 15.4 miles. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Raymond/NW Willmar, MN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cottonwood County, Minnesota and tracked 5.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Windom/NW Bingham Lake, MN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Hand, Beadle counties, South Dakota and tracked 20 miles, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE St. Lawrence/Bonilla/Hitchcock, SD.
An F2 tornado touched down in Daviess County, Kentucky and tracked 8.8 miles, 30 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: West Louisville, KY.
An F4 tornado touched down in Big Stone County, Minnesota and tracked 6.4 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 45. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Clinton, MN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ingham, Livingston, Washtenaw counties, Michigan and tracked 11.3 miles, injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Stockbridge/Unadilla to Silver Lake, MI.
An F4 tornado touched down in Bureau, LaSalle counties, Illinois and tracked 34.7 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest, injuring 34. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Princeton, IL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Henry County, Illinois and tracked 15.3 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Geneseo to N Hooppole, IL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Henry County, Illinois. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Prophetstown, IL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Trego County, Kansas and tracked 0.8 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 100.
An F3 tornado touched down in Logan County, Illinois and tracked 18.2 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 15.
An F3 tornado touched down in Macon, Logan counties, Illinois and tracked 9.6 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 35.
An F5 tornado touched down in Adair County, Iowa and tracked 0.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2.
An F4 tornado touched down in Scotts Bluff, Morrill counties, Nebraska and tracked 26 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 29.
An F3 tornado touched down in Platte County, Wyoming and tracked 2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
In the afternoon hours of June 27, 1955, a violent and well documented multiple-vortex tornado moved through the communities of Henry, Morrill, Scottsbluff and Minatare, all located in the state of Nebraska. The tornado, known informally by the National Weather Service as the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Tornado, was the most well-documented tornado in history at the time of the event.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Sedgwick County, Colorado and tracked 6.5 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cheyenne County, Nebraska and tracked 15.2 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Rogers, Tulsa counties, Oklahoma and tracked 5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F4 tornado touched down in Moore, Hutchinson, Carson counties, Texas and tracked 20 miles, 1,583 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7.
An F3 tornado touched down in Moore County, Texas and tracked 5 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest.
Straightline thunderstorm winds moderately damage 20 to 25 homes and downed several trees and power lines from Cloudland to Menlo along Georgia Highway 48. Several vehicles were damaged from wind downed tree limbs in Menlo.
An F2 tornado touched down in Gwinnett County, Georgia and tracked 8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1.
An F1 tornado touched down in Oconee County, Georgia and tracked 2.5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
The hail lasted for 12 minutes.
A tornado damaged 2 homes, several farm buildings, and 2 steel grain bins as it struck 10 miles north and 2 miles east of Greenbush. One man barely made it out of his trailer home before the tornado struck.
An F2 tornado touched down in Noble County, Ohio and tracked 0.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
33 tornadoes were recorded on June 27, 1998, in West Virginia, Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas. They killed 1 people.
An F2 tornado with estimated 150 MPH winds demolished a mobile home, killing a 45-year-old woman. Numerous trees along the relatively short path were sheared/downed.
Iowa was located in the warm sector of a developing storm system to the west. The warm front had moved to the northern Iowa border during the afternoon of the 27th with dew point temperatures in the mid 70s to around 80 blanketing the state in the warm sector.
Tornado moved SSE across parts of eastern Banner county, remaining over open country. Some power lines, power transmission towers and poles blown down as well as trees uprooted. Damage to irrigation pivots also reported.
A warm front lifting north through southeast Michigan spawned three tornadoes. Outside of the tornadoes, just a few isolated reports of thunderstorm wind damage.
An EF1 tornado touched down in Saint Clair County, Michigan and tracked 2.91 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4.
An area of low pressure moved east across the Great Lakes region during the afternoon and evening hours of June 27th. A warm front stretching southeast from the low moved across northern Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours.
A MCV and broader mid-level trough crossed the central Appalachians and triggered strong to severe thunderstorms from the central ridges into the Susquehanna River Valley during the afternoon and evening.
28 tornadoes were recorded on June 27, 2015, in Virginia, Maryland, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Minnesota, South Dakota.
Temperatures rose into the 80s during the afternoon of the 27th along with dew points in the low to mid 60s. By mid to late afternoon a cold front and a strong short wave moved into the region. At 3 p. m.
Thunderstorms developed during the evening hours over central North Dakota in a very unstable environment, with several becoming supercells.
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An unnamed storm crossed the coast as a category 1 hurricane, 70 kt (80 mph), central pressure 987 mb.
Hurricane Audrey crossed the coast near Port Arthur, TX as a category 3 hurricane, 110 kt (125 mph), central pressure 946 mb. Hurricane Audrey was a catastrophic and very deadly hurricane that devastated the southwestern Louisiana coast in 1957. Along with Hurricane Alex in 2010, it was also the most intense June hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, with a pressure of 946 mbar, and was the strongest in terms of windspeed until Hurricane Beryl in 2024.
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Hurricane Celia reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 936 mb, a category 4 storm.
TYPHOON TINGTINGAfter starting about 500 miles southeast of Saipan the evening of June 25th, Tropical Depression 11W moved steadily northwest, becoming Tropical Storm Tingting the following afternoon at 1600 SST.
Hurricane Alex crossed the coast near Belize City, Belize District, Belize as a tropical storm, 55 kt, central pressure 995 mb. Hurricane Alex was the first tropical cyclone of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, and a rare June Atlantic hurricane. Originating from an area of disturbed weather on June 25, 2010, it slowly developed in the western Caribbean Sea and struck Belize as a strong tropical storm.
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The 2023 Pacific hurricane season was an active and highly destructive Pacific hurricane season which went on to become the costliest on record, primarily due to Hurricane Otis. In the Eastern Pacific basin, 17 named storms formed; 10 of those became hurricanes, of which 8 strengthened into major hurricanes – double the seasonal average.
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Another round of thunderstorms starting on the evening of the 27th created widespread flash flooding throughout Noble County. These floods caused five deaths during the evening of the 27th and early morning hours of the 28th.
Three consecutive nights of thunderstorms left western and northern counties with wind damage and flooding. The first night was from Friday evening, the 26th, into early Saturday morning, the 27th.
The second night of thunderstorms hit during Saturday night the 27th, into Sunday morning, the 28th. Portions of Athens, Washington, and Meigs Counties were hit hard by flooding from this round. The third night of thunderstorms was on Sunday the 28th into Monday the 29th.
From 3 to possibly as much as 6 inches of rain fell in 12 hours causing the Baker River and its tributaries to rise very rapidly. Bridges were destroyed, vehicles were washed away, and some towns were completely isolated as all roads in and out of the towns were flooded.
Another in a series of thunderstorms passing over the county on the evening of the 27th produced widespread flash flooding. Several towns in the county, including Fraszeysburg, Dresden, Chandlersville and Gaysport reported extensive damage.
A line of intense thunderstorms swept through southeast Minnesota with two distinct downburst damage paths.The northern track hit southern Wabasha County and then passed through central Winona County hitting the city of Winona directly.
Several waves of thunderstorms moving across the county created major flooding problems. Evacuations were required near West Lafayette, where Evans Creek came out of its banks. Numerous roads across the county were flooded.
Thunderstorm rains produced minor flooding and a few mudslides on US Route 250.
A line of intense thunderstorms swept in from Minnesota and caused widespread straight-line wind damage to many areas of central and western Wisconsin. This was one of the worst storms to hit the region in over 25 years.
Excessive rainfall across northeast Kansas and northwest and west-central Missouri on June 27 and 28 caused extensive river flooding across western and central Missouri. Minor to moderate flooding occurred on the Missouri River at St.
Tropical moisture continued to stream northward into upstate New York ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th.
Additional heavy rain fell Tuesday the 27th through early Wednesday morning the 28th across Luzerne County and the Poconos on top of what fell on Monday as a front moved east across Pennsylvania and combined with low pressure and tropical moisture.
Tropical moisture continued to stream northward into the Catskills ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th.
Tropical moisture continued to stream northward into northeast Pennsylvania ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th.
Several days of heavy rain throughout the Delaware and Lehigh River Basins culminated with major flooding along the Delaware River from the 28th through the 30th.
A steady stream of tropical moisture flowing north into upstate New York ahead of a frontal system across the eastern Great Lakes brought periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms to Chenango County from early Monday the 26th through Tuesday morning the 27th.
Tropical moisture continued to stream northward into northeast Pennsylvania ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th.
Tropical moisture streaming into upstate New York ahead of a frontal system which moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th started the flash flood problems in western Broome County early Tuesday.
Tropical moisture streamed northward into south central New York ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th.
Additional heavy rain fell Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning across Wyoming County on top of what fell earlier on Tuesday the 27th as a front moved east across Pennsylvania and combined with low pressure and tropical moisture.
Tropical moisture streamed northward into northeast Pennsylvania ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th.
The communities of Bainbridge and Sidney were inundated with major flooding during this period The major source of jobs in the valley is the Amphenol Corporation. This plant closed due to 4 to 5 feet of water that damaged the plant.
Tropical moisture streamed northward into upstate New York ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th. This brought an initial round of heavy rain to Oneida County by Tuesday morning.
The Vestal river gage on the Susquehanna River is located 8 miles west of the Binghamton Washington Street Gage. Vestal is on the left bank of the river and the Town of Union Communities of Johnson City, Endwell and Endicott are on the right bank of the Susquehanna River.
Widespread heavy rain moved through Otsego County and upstate New York during the day Monday with more heavy rain Monday night and Tuesday morning. This rainfall saturated the soils before another more widespread area of heavy rainfall occurred Tuesday afternoon and night.
Tropical moisture streamed northward into upstate New York ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th.
Tropical moisture continued to stream northward into northeast Pennsylvania ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th.
Several days of heavy rain throughout the Schuylkill River Basin culminated with moderate flooding along the Schuylkill River and its tributaries from the 27th through the 29th. President George W. Bush declared Montgomery County a disaster area.
Several days of heavy rain throughout the Schuylkill River Basin culminated with major flooding along the Schuylkill River from the 27th through the 29th.
Several days of heavy rain throughout the Delaware River Basin culminated with major flooding along the Delaware River from the 28th through the 30th. It was the second to fourth highest crest on record for the Delaware River along Warren County.
Heavy rain associated with a stalled frontal boundary, interacting with the remnants of a weak tropical system, caused flash flooding throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania from June 27 through June 28.
Numerous waves of thunderstorms affected southeast Michigan during the afternoon and evening of June 27, 2007. Severe storms developed along and ahead of a cold front, which dropped south through a very warm and humid airmass. There were numerous reports of wind damage and hail.
A hot, humid and unstable airmass, interacted with a lake breeze boundary and led to numerous thunderstorms across eastern New York and western New England during the late afternoon hours of Wednesday June 27th, some of which were severe.
An upper low remained over the area triggering several rounds of showers and thunderstorms. A very moist environment encouraged flash flooding on top of already saturated grounds.
A bow echo that developed northwest of Omaha produced a 3 to 7 mile wide swath of significant damage surrounded by a larger area of lesser damage from about 40 miles northwest of Omaha to 50 miles to the southeast.
An upper level ridge was present over the Southeast. A weak lee-side trough developed over the Midlands during the afternoon and spawned showers and thunderstorms along residual convective outflows from the previous day's thunderstorm activity.
A low pressure system acted on a moist and unstable airmasss to bring severe thunderstorms to central New York.
Extremely powerful severe thunderstorms erupted over Central Kansas in the afternoon, then went on a rampage across South-Central and Southeast Kansas from late in the afternoon through late that evening.
Potent low pressure passed by to our west, and the warm front associated with the low moved through our area during this time. Warm and moist air near and south of the boundary led to an unstable atmosphere, while forcing from the warm front provided the lift.
A backdoor cold front along with northerly flow aloft boosted moisture across northern New Mexico on the 27th. A disturbance within that northerly flow kicked off early morning showers and thunderstorms along and east of the central mountains, moving slowly to the south.
On the morning of June 27, 2015, heavy rain occurred in a great portion of the Scouting reserve Philmont Scout Ranch, which is near Cimarron, New Mexico, United States, causing a flash flood. The flood also affected some other nearby areas in Colfax County that morning, including highways and small towns around Philmont.
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In Waco, a homeless man was swept away and drowned when the creek that he was sleeping next to quickly rose in response to heavier rain earlier in the night.
Accelerated snowmelt due to above normal temperatures produced high and fast flow on the Rio Grande River. One women died after being swept into the dangerous water conditions in Pole Creek.
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A large severe thunderstorm with very large hail caused extensive damage to crops and property over much of Scotts Bluff county in western Nebraska. Hardest hit was the city of Scottsbluff, where the largest hail was reported.
Widespread wind damage occurred during the predawn hours of June 27 as a line of severe thunderstorms packing winds up to 80 mph roared across south-central Nebraska. The hardest hit areas were Furnas, Harlan and Kearney counties.
Severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds and hail to much of central and eastern Massachusetts. As the storms moved through Middlesex County, lightning struck and killed a 15-year old boy in Westford, as he was doing yardwork.
Several severe thunderstorms crossed the Lower Yakima Valley, causing tremendous damage to structures and the area's fruit crops. Hail, combined with high winds, bruised or knocked off many of the region's cherries, apples, pears, and grapes.
Several Atlanta news media television stations, along with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that three individuals were killed and six were injured at Buford Dam State Park at the south end of Lake Lanier when lightning strikes hit one or more trees under which the…
A warm and humid air mass developed as high pressure moved offshore and a cold front approached from the west. Scattered thunderstorms developed across central Maryland during the afternoon of June 27th.
A bow echo that developed northwest of Omaha produced a 5 to 7 mile wide swath of significant damage surrounded by a larger area of lesser damage from about 40 miles northwest of Omaha to 50 miles to the southeast.
Scattered severe storms affected western North Carolina during the afternoon and evening hours.
A trough in the lee of the Appalachians combined with a cold front moving through southern New England resulted in severe thunderstorms. These storms produced a variety of severe weather including hail and damaging winds.
A strong cold front approaching the Mississippi River triggered a line of strong to severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the evening of June 27th. Numerous reports of wind damage were received, primarily along and west of the I-55 corridor.
Unusually strong upper level winds for summer combined with high instability and steep mid level lapse rates to produce numerous reports of severe weather across the tri-state area. Multiple rounds of severe weather occurred on June 30th, especially across the Florida Panhandle.
Showers and thunderstorms developed across the region. Damaging wind gusts and destructive lightning occurred during the afternoon and evening with some of these storms.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across portions of eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon through early evening hours of the 27th, ahead of an approaching upper level disturbance.
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One of the hottest days in Oklahoma and western north Texas history occurred on June 27, 1994. Southwest Oklahoma and western north Texas experienced extremely hot conditions that afternoon. Quanah, in Hardeman County, Texas, reached 119 degrees. Most of the region saw temperatures above 100 with many locations reaching records.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Victim was found by neighbors on the morning of the 27th. He had been deceased for a day or two, so the exact time and date of death is unknown. He lived in a low-income, high crime area and lived on a fixed income.
A 73-year-old Norristown man was found dead in his apartment on June 28th. His death was determined to be heat related. The high temperature at the Philadelphia International Airport on the 27th was 90 degrees. But the temperature in the room he was found was over 90 degrees.
High pressure in combination with southerly winds brought hot, hazy, and humid conditions to the Mid Atlantic region between June 27th and 30th. High temperatures soared into the lower 90s and heat indices reached into the lower 100s through the period.
Male collapsed outside from heat exposure and died.
High pressure over the San Francisco Bay Area along with weak surface flow caused afternoon temperatures to rise well above average for locations inland from the coast.
Two more days of unseasonably hot and humid weather in and around Philadelphia claimed the lives of two more people within the city.
Some of the hottest temperatures in many years occurred the last 4 days of June and continued into July. St. Louis, MO recorded its highest ever June temperature hitting 108 degrees on June 28.
As a large upper level ridge built over the central U.S., temperatures across eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa climbed into the 90s to low 100s.
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.
The combination of high temperatures from 100 to 105 degrees and high humidity resulted in afternoon heat index values of 105 to 110 degrees in the Tulsa area for several days toward the end of June.
Hot temperatures in the 100s occurred on June 27 on the Tohono O'odham Nation. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for three persons found in the desert.
Temperatures were unusually hot on the 27th with high temperatures in the San Antonio area ranging from 100-103 degrees (the normal high is 93). Sixty-seven people were found in a tractor-trailer on the southwest side of San Antonio.
A six-month old female infant died after being left in a vehicle. Although limited details are available, it is assumed that the infant was left inside the vehicle sometime on the 26th when temperatures were in the lower to middle 90s.
Dry southwesterly flow aloft with a strong ridge of high pressure to the east over the Southern Plains led to temperatures climbing near or in excess of 110 degrees in Phoenix at the end of June.
Hot temperatures typically 4 to 7 degrees above normal were experienced across southeast Arizona June 27 through 29.
Eleven people died in southern Nevada of heat-related causes.
Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona near to 4 degrees above normal with Minor to Moderate HeatRisk.
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Fort Yukon recorded 100°F, Alaska’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (nr. Loving) recorded 122°F, New Mexico’s all-time maximum temperature, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it.
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The Negro Mag Fire started on June 27, 1987, in Utah, and burned 10,605 acres.
The Fyu Ne 50 Fire started on June 27, 1988, in Alaska, and burned 132,474 acres.
The Ortega Fire started on June 27, 1989, in California, and burned 8,493 acres.
The Fire 032018 started on June 27, 1990, in Alaska, and burned 333,320 acres.
The Fyu Se 65 Fire started on June 27, 1990, in Alaska, and burned 6,397 acres.
The Coyote Fire was discovered on June 27, 1994, in Arizona, and burned 21,276 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Organ Fire was discovered on June 27, 1994, in New Mexico, and burned 13,804 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fairview Fire was discovered on June 27, 1994, in California, and burned 6,420 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Bonner Fire was discovered on June 27, 1995, in New Mexico, and burned 29,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Trail Fire was discovered on June 27, 1997, in Alaska, and burned 15,500 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bulldog Fire was discovered on June 27, 1998, in Utah, and burned 6,375 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Melozi Moran Fire was discovered on June 27, 1999, in Alaska, and burned 59,239 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Big Creek Fire was discovered on June 27, 1999, in Alaska, and burned 28,634 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The 24 Command Fire was discovered on June 27, 2000, in Washington, and burned 163,884 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Grand Creek Fire was discovered on June 27, 2000, in Alaska, and burned 93,317 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Se Impact Fire was discovered on June 27, 2000, in Owyhee County, Idaho, and burned 9,210 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Sisters B Fire was discovered on June 27, 2001, in Louisiana, and burned 7,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Walnut Fire was discovered on June 27, 2002, in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and burned 31,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Reese Fire was discovered on June 27, 2002, in Albany County, Wyoming, and burned 18,677 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Broad Fire was discovered on June 27, 2002, in Wyoming, and burned 9,140 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sheenjek Fire was discovered on June 27, 2003, in Alaska, and burned 25,230 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Swift Fire was discovered on June 27, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 18,610 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Vegas Fire was discovered on June 27, 2006, in Clark County, Nevada, and burned 21,120 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Clay Springs Fire was discovered on June 27, 2012, in Millard County, Utah, and burned 107,847 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Arapaho Fire was discovered on June 27, 2012, in Albany County, Wyoming, and burned 98,115 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Black Canyon Fire was discovered on June 27, 2012, in Arizona, and burned 18,392 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Pine Ridge Fire was discovered on June 27, 2012, in Mesa County, Colorado, and burned 13,920 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Big Timber Creek Fire was discovered on June 27, 2013, in Alaska, and burned 8,617 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Macks Camp South Fire was reported on June 27, 2014, in Broward County, Florida, and burned 8,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Deep Creek Fire was reported on June 27, 2015, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 11,590 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Swisshelms Fire was reported on June 27, 2017, in Cochise County, Arizona, and burned 15,177 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Peekaboo Fire was reported on June 27, 2017, in Moffat County, Colorado, and burned 12,839 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Stream Fire was reported on June 27, 2017, in Box Elder County, Utah, and burned 8,146 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Sand Point Fire was reported on June 27, 2017, in Elmore County, Idaho, and burned 7,843 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Spring Creek wildfire began on June 27 around 3:57 PM 5 miles northeast of Ft Garland, CO in Costilla County, and would eventually spread into Huerfano County as well. The fire was ignited and spread through dry fuels in dry and windy weather.
The West Valley Fire was a wildfire in Dixie National Forest, approximately ten miles north of St. George, Utah in the United States.
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The Spring Creek Fire was reported on June 27, 2018, in Costilla County, Colorado, and burned 108,045 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The West Valley Fire was reported on June 27, 2018, in Washington County, Utah, and burned 11,771 acres.
The Poeville Fire was a wildfire that burned on Peavine Mountain near Reno in Nevada, United States. The fire was reported on June 26, 2020.
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8 km) east of Wood Springs in Apache County, Arizona in the United States. The result of a lightning strike, the fire was first reported on June 27, 2020.
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The Wood Springs 2 Fire was reported on June 27, 2020, in Apache County, Arizona, and burned 12,861 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Red Sparrow Fire was reported on June 27, 2021, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and burned 7,700 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Ferris Fire was reported on June 27, 2026, in Montezuma County, Colorado, and burned 64,881 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Gold Mountain Fire was reported on June 27, 2026, in Ouray County, Colorado, and burned 39,747 acres.
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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Lake Baykal (Baikal), Russia.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Jiayi, Taiwan. It killed 117 people, injured 534, destroyed 6,600 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Off Coast SW Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Italy.
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Off Kamchatka, Russia.
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China. It killed 110 people, injured 100 and destroyed 600 houses.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Chita, Russia.
An earthquake struck Iran. It killed 5 people.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China. It destroyed 11,400 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Nepal-India. It killed 80 people, injured 100, destroyed 5,200 houses and did $1 million in damage.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Adana, Ceyhan, Turkey. It killed 145 people, injured 1,500, destroyed 1,700 houses and did $550 million in damage.
5 on June 27, oldest first.
Avachinsky, Russia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
Alaid, Russia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Savaii, Samoa erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption caused a tsunami.
St. Andrew Strait, Papua New Guinea erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 0. The eruption caused a tsunami.
Miyakejima, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It killed 1 person. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
7 on June 27, oldest first.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck SW Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Ionian Islands, Greece.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Matavanu Volcano, Samoa.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck Adriatic Sea, Croatia, with a maximum water height of 3.5 meters. It did $1.2 million in damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, with a maximum water height of 0.4 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Odessa, Ukraine, with a maximum water height of 2 meters.
1 on June 27, oldest first.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began June 27, 1960, reached Kp 7- and lasted 36 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 65; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
2 on June 27, oldest first.
A flooding disaster that cost $46 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 48, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 27, 1993 to August 15, 1993.
A severe storm disaster that cost $1.8 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from June 27, 2017 to June 29, 2017.
15 on June 27, oldest first.
Lightning started a roof fire at the top of a mobile home. The fire burnt down and it was determed that the resident died of smoke inhalation.
A father drowned in a rip current while attempting to save his children. The children were uninjured.
Lightning struck a 31 year old woman and mother of two in the front yard of her home. She was knocked unconscious. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Her children were also in the yard at the same time, but only her 5 year old son got struck.
A 41 year old man died after being struck by lightning while fishing in Hackberry.
Three Chinese women, ages unknown, drowned in rough waters and strong currents off Sugar Dock Beach near Garapan, Saipan.
One woman was killed as she and 7 others stood under a tree when rain and thunder began at Tionesta Lake.
A man drowned in rough surf in the West Beach area of Gulf Shores.
A man was caught in a strong rip current at Carolina Beach.
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed over the northwest section of Puerto Rico and produced heavy rain over the Aguadilla and Moca area.
A lightning strike killed a 24-year-old woman and injured seven other people as they tried to seek shelter during a thunderstorm.
Afternoon thunderstorms produced a lightning strike that struck two men at a construction site in Broward County.
The main flow across central Florida was from the west-southwest due to a frontal trough moving across the mid-Atlantic states, and the axis of the Bermuda High Pressure situated across south Florida.
A 23-year-old female and 26-year-old male drowned after being caught in a rip current at Melbourne Beach.
A 38 year old man entered the water at Porter Beach in northwest Indiana in the late morning of June 27th after seeing a 17 year old girl in distress. He was able to help the girl get to shore, as they both fought strong currents and waves as high as 5 feet.
A 7 year-old child was killed by a lightning strike on the evening of June 27.
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.