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July 1,



July 3,


July 4,

  • 1974 - Typhoon Gilda reached its peak intensity with 155 km/h (100 mph) winds before it affected Japan and South Korea, killing 128 and people causing $1.5 billion of damage.
  • 2014 - Hurricane Arthur (pictured) reached its peak intensity while making landfall over in North Carolina which caused about $22.7 million in damages and only killed two people.

July 5,


July 6,

  • 2001 - Tropical Storm Utor made landfall in southeastern China. Utor brought heavy rain to China which caused 144 deaths and nearly $300 million of damage.
  • 2016 - Hurricane Blas (pictured) reached its maximum intensity as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 220 km/h (140 mph) and a pressure of 947 hPa.

July 7,

  • 1993 - Hurricane Calvin hit the Mexican coast near Manzanillo. Calvin caused over $32 million of damage and killed 34 people.
  • 2008 - Recognized as the long-lived Atlantic hurricane on record during July, Hurricane Bertha (pictured) reaches its peak intensity as a Category 3 major hurricane. Bertha only killed three people.

  • July 8, 2005 - Hurricane Dennis (pictured) made its second Cuban landfall with 220 km/h (140 mph) winds. Dennis caused between $4 billion and $6 billion of damage, mostly in Cuba and the United States.

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July 11,


July 12,

  • 1976 - Typhoon Therese reached maximum intensity with winds of 250 km/h (155 mph) and a minimum pressure of 905 hPa. Therese affected Japan causing millions of damage with only three fatalities.
  • 1996 - Hurricane Bertha (pictured) impacted North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane. Bertha killed 12 people and caused $270 million of damage.

July 13,

  • 1965 - Typhoon Freda made landfall on northern Luzon in the Philippines. Freda caused heavy flooding in the Philippines and southern China.
  • 2006 - Hurricane Bud briefly reaches Category 3 major hurricane intensity.
  • 2010 - Typhoon Conson (pictured) makes landfall and impacts Luzon, killing a total of 102 people and leaving about PhP380 million (US$8.3 million) worth of damages.

July 14,

  • 1972 - Typhoon Tess attains its peak as a Category 4 typhoon with winds of 230 km/h (145 mph).
  • 2006 - Tropical Storm Bilis (pictured) hit Fujian, China as a tropical storm. Bilis killed over 600 people and caused $4.4 billion of damage in southeastern part of China.

July 15,

  • 1972 - Tropical Storm Phyllis, from a very strong typhoon, makes landfall over southern Japan as a weakening storm which caused three deaths, more than 100 landslides and flooded more than 6,000 homes.
  • 2003 - Hurricane Claudette (pictured) made landfall near Port O'Connor, Texas as a minimal hurricane, causing nearly $200 million of damage.

July 16,


July 17,

  • 1983 - Typhoon Vera hit the Philippines with winds of 140 km/h (85 mph) before moving into the South China Sea. Vera killed over 100 people in the Philippines and on Hainan Island.
  • 2016 - Cyclone Abela becomes a tropical storm, marking the fourth occurrence of a tropical cyclone existing in the southwest Indian Ocean during the month of July
  • 2021 - Hurricane Felicia (pictured) - An unusually small Category 4 Hurricane that became the strongest storm of 2021 Pacific Hurricane Season in July.

July 18,



July 20,

  • 1974 - Typhoon Ivy made landfall on eastern Luzon in the Philippines, killing 66 people.
  • 1986 - Hurricane Estelle (pictured) attains Category 4 hurricane intensity while nearing Hawaii which caused only $2 million in damages including the deaths on two people.

July 21,


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July 23,

  • 1997 - The third of ten Category 5 typhoons, Typhoon Rosie reaches 10-minute winds of 185 km/h (115 mph).
  • 2005 - Tropical Storm Franklin reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 997 hPa (mbar) to the southwest of Bermuda. Franklin caused only minimal effects on land.
  • 2012 - Typhoon Vicente (pictured) makes landfall over in Guangdong, China as a Category 4 typhoon, causing damages of nearly U$330 million.

July 24,

  • 1979 - Tropical Storm Claudette (pictured) made landfall near the Texas-Louisianan border, bringing record levels of rainfall. The resulting floods caused about $400 million of damage.
  • 2005 - Tropical Storm Gert becomes the fourth of seven tropical cyclones to make landfall over in Mexico. As a weak tropical storm, Gert only killed one person and caused minimal damages.

July 25

  • 1927 - A typhoon moved ashore near Hong Kong and killed about 10,000 people from floods.
  • 1985 - Hurricane Bob (pictured) impacted South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane. Bob caused about $20 million in damage.
  • 2002 - Hurricane Elida became the first of three Category 5 major hurricanes of the season. Elida had maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph) and a minimum pressure of 921 hPa (27.20 inHg) out in the East Pacific.


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July 28,


July 29,

  • 1982 - Typhoon Bess (pictured) reaches its peak intensity with 1-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph). Bess impacted Japan which killed 95 people and damaged about US$2.3 billion.
  • 2004 - Hurricane Darby reached its peak intensity with 195 km/h (120 mph) winds in the open Pacific Ocean. Darby later brought heavy rain to Hawaii.

July 30,


July 31,

  • 1996 - Typhoon Herb hit Taiwan near its peak intensity with 240 km/h (150 mph) winds. Herb caused $5 billion of damage on Taiwan and killed about 500 people.
  • 2017 - Typhoon Noru (pictured) briefly reaches Category 5 typhoon intensity. Noru was recognized as the third-longest-lasting tropical cyclone of the Northwest Pacific Ocean on record and marked the latest occurrence of the first typhoon since 1998.