Portal:Weather/On this day list/October
October 1
[edit]1976: Hurricane Liza, the third-deadliest Pacific hurricane on record, killed more than 600 people in northwestern Mexico.
October 2
[edit]1970: A weak but wet tropical depression began to drop heavy rain across the northeastern Caribbean Sea; particularly in Puerto Rico. Parts of the island would receive more than 40 inches (1,000 mm) of rain over the next week, the most on record for any tropical cyclone in the area.
October 3
[edit]1970: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was formed.
October 4
[edit]2013: An intense storm system dropped up to 58 inches (150 cm) of snow in western South Dakota, and spawned several significant tornadoes elsewhere in the central United States.
October 5
[edit]1851: The Yankee Gale came to an end after sinking 74 ships in three days, drowning 150 crew members.
October 6
[edit]2008: Tropical Storm Marco formed in the Bay of Campeche, Marco had tropical-storm-force winds extending only 11.5 miles (18.5 km) from the center of the storm, making it the smallest tropical cyclone on record.
October 7
[edit]2003: Hurricane Olaf made landfall near Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). No damage was reported.
October 8
[edit]1881: The deadliest typhoon in history destroyed the port city of Haiphong, Vietnam (then Dai Nam), killing around 300,000 people.
October 9
[edit]1804: A hurricane brought strong winds, heavy rain and, unusually, heavy snow to parts of the eastern United States.
October 10
[edit]2018: Hurricane Michael, the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the United States since Hurricane Camille in 1969, made landfall in Mexico Beach, Florida, destroying most of the town.
October 11
[edit]1846: A major hurricane made landfall near Havana, Cuba, killing hundreds of people.
October 12
[edit]1962: The Columbus Day Storm brought damaging winds of more than 100 mph (160 km/h) to a large area of the Pacific Northwest.
October 13
[edit]1998: Typhoon Zeb reached peak intensity east of the Philippines, with maximum sustained winds of 180 miles per hour (290 km/h). The storm would make landfall near Ilagan the next day, killing more than 100 people.
October 14
[edit]1982: Typhoon Nancy made landfall on Luzon, Philippines, killing more than 100 people.
October 15
[edit]1969: Hurricane Inga dissipated well southeast of Bermuda, 25 days after it formed. This made it the third-longest-lived tropical cyclone on record for the North Atlantic.
October 16
[edit]1975: GOES-1, the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite was launched to observe cloud patterns, surface temperatures, and other atmospheric trends best viewed from space.
October 17
[edit]1998: Heavy rainfall, which would eventually cause severe flooding, began in central Texas, resulting in almost $1 billion (USD) in damage.
October 18
[edit]1906: A major hurricane struck southern Florida, killing more than 200 people.
October 19
[edit]1983: Hurricane Tico made landfall near Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, killing more than 130 people
October 20
[edit]2004: Typhoon Tokage made landfall on southern Japan, killing 95 people.
October 21
[edit]1638: A severe storm known as The Great Thunderstorm produced an occurrence of what may have been ball lightning in a church in Widecombe in the Moor, Dartmoor, England, killing four people.
October 22
[edit]2010: Cyclone Giri made landfall northwest of Kyaukpyu, Myanmar, killing 157 people.
October 23
[edit]1091: The London tornado of 1091, the earliest and possibly strongest know tornado in the history of the British Isles, hit downtown London, killing two people.
October 24
[edit]1988: The passenger ferry MV Doña Marilyn sank while sailing from Manila to Tacloban, Philippines during Typhoon Ruby, killing at least 77 passengers, though there were reports of almost 400 killed. The storm also killed more than 200 people elsewhere in the Philippines.
October 25
[edit]1921: A major hurricane made landfall near Tarpon Springs, Florida. As of 2018 this was the last major hurricane to hit the Tampa Bay area.
October 26
[edit]1978: Typhoon Rita made landfall over Luzon, Philippines, killing more than 300 people and leaving 200,000 homeless.
October 27
[edit]1959: An unnamed hurricane, the deadliest and one of the strongest ever to make landfall in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, struck Mexico near Manzanillo, Colima, killing around 1800 people.
October 28
[edit]1996: The extratropical remnants of Hurricane Lili struck Great Britain, causing ₤150 million in damage and killing two people.
October 29
[edit]2012: Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeastern United States as an extratropical cyclone, causing severe flooding which killed 286 people.
October 30
[edit]2010: Hurricane Tomas passed through the Windward Islands, killing 14 people. This was the latest on record that a hurricane has affected the area.
October 31
[edit]1994: American Eagle Flight 4184 encountered freezing rain while approaching O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. The plane crashed after undergoing heavy icing, killing all 68 people aboard.