Portal:Weather/On this day list/June
June 1: Start of the Central Pacific and Atlantic hurricane seasons
[edit]1988: Tropical Depression One brought over 40 inches (100 cm) of rain to parts of Cuba, killing 37 people due to flooding.
June 2
[edit]1990: Thirty-seven tornadoes struck the US state of Indiana, the most ever recorded in that state in a single day.
June 3
[edit]2010: Cyclone Phet made landfall near Al Ashkharah, Oman, causing major flooding in the desert nation.
June 4
[edit]1958: A tornado outbreak killed 28 people in Wisconsin, including 21 deaths from a single F5 tornado.
June 5
[edit]1972: The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began in Stockholm, Sweden.
June 6
[edit]1973: Hurricane Ava became the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record in the Pacific Ocean.
June 7
[edit]1997: Cyclone Keli formed in the South Pacific Ocean, the first tropical cyclone ever recorded in the month of June in that region.
June 8
[edit]1966: A tornado, one of the costliest in history, tracked across Topeka, Kansas, destroying a large portion of the city and killing 18 people.
June 9
[edit]1984: A tornado outbreak struck the Ivanovo and Yaroslavl regions of Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing more than 400 people.
June 10
[edit]1682: The first known tornado in the history of Connecticut caused severe tree damage in the southwestern part of the state.
June 11
[edit]2007: A series of mudslides after days of heavy rain killed more than 100 people in and around the city of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
June 12
[edit]1899: The New Richmond tornado completely destroyed the village of New Richmond, Wisconsin.
June 13
[edit]1977: A tropical cyclone made landfall on Masirah Island, Oman, killing more than 100 people in the country.
June 14
[edit]2018: Hurricane Bud made landfall as a weak tropical storm in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
June 15
[edit]1892: A violent tornado killed 12 people in Southern Minnesota.
June 16
[edit]1974: Hurricane Dolores made landfall near Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, causing widespread flooding and landslides that killed 18 people.
June 17
[edit]1971: Hurricane Bridget reached peak intensity just off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico, killing 17 people in the area.
June 18
[edit]1982: A subtropical storm struck eastern Florida, causing flooding and tornadoes which killed three people.
June 19
[edit]1959: The Escuminac Hurricane sunk 22 fishing boats off New Brunswick, killing 35 people.
June 20
[edit]2010: An F2 tornado struck the downtown area of Billings, Montana, causing major damage but only minor injuries.
June 21
[edit]1989: Hurricane Cosme made landfall near Acapulco. Major flooding occurred due to the storm's large size, and 30 people were killed.
June 22
[edit]2007: The first F5 tornado in Canadian history struck the town of Elie, Manitoba.
June 23
[edit]1925: After weeks of heavy rain and snowmelt, the Gros Ventre landslide occurred on the north side of Sheep Mountain, Wyoming. The slide blocked the Gros Ventre River, forming Lower Slide Lake.
June 24
[edit]1996: Hurricane Alma drifted just off the coast of the Mexican state of Michoacán, producing heavy rains and winds of up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) which would kill 20 people.
June 25
[edit]1953: Heavy rainfall that would last for more than 3 days began over northern Kyushu, Japan, causing deadly flooding that would kill more than 1,000 people.
June 26
[edit]1959: The first WSR-57 weather radar went online in Miami, Florida.
June 27
[edit]1957: Hurricane Audrey, one of the deadliest tropical cyclones to strike the United States in the 20th century, killed 419 people and caused more than US$150,000,000 (equivalent to about $1,630,000,000 in 2023) in damage in Louisiana and Texas.
June 28
[edit]2019: A severe heat wave across southern France culminated with a national-record high temperature of 46.0 °C (114.8 °F) measured at Vérargues, Hérault, nearly 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) higher than the previous record.
June 29
[edit]1904: A rare Russian tornado killed at least one person as it destroyed 3000 homes in the suburbs of Moscow.
June 30
[edit]2011: Tropical Storm Arlene moved ashore on Veracruz, Mexico, bringing flooding, landslides, and high winds that killed 18 people.