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September 1

1988: Under the name WeatherNow, The Weather Network began broadcasting in Montreal, Quebec.

September 2

2011: Tropical Storm Talas began dropping record rainfall across southern Japan, causing flooding that eventually killed more than 80 people.

September 3

1976: A Venezuelan Air Force flight crashed while attempting to land on Terceira Island, Azores, during Hurricane Emmy, killing all 68 aboard.

September 4

1933: The strongest hurricane to strike the United States during the hyperactive 1933 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall near Jupiter, Florida.

September 5

2007: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Fourth Assessment Report, giving grave predictions about future global warming.

September 6

1986: Typhoon Wayne dissipated over Vietnam 22 days after it formed, making it the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record in the Western Pacific Ocean.

September 7

1953: Hurricane Carol made landfall near Saint John, New Brunswick, with reported wind gusts as high as 80 miles per hour (130 km/h).

September 8

1988: After months of drought and days of high winds, Yellowstone National Park was closed to all non-emergency personnel due to the proximity of intense wildfires.

September 9

1980: The GOES 4 weather satellite was launched. Part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program, GOES 4 would provide weather forecasting data to the United States and later Europe for more than 8 years.

September 10

1994: Hurricane John became extratropical, ending its 31-day existence as a tropical cyclone, the longest in history.

September 11

2008: Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing more than $30 billion (USD) in damage. Ike was the third-costliest tropical cyclone in history at the time, and killed at least 214 people throughout the Caribbean.

September 12

1992: Hurricane Iniki devastated the island of Kauai, causing more than $2 billion (2006 USD) in damage.

September 13

1989: Hurricane Octave reached peak intensity over the northeastern Pacific Ocean, with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour (210 km/h).

September 14

1876: The San Felipe hurricane hit Puerto Rico, killing at least 19 people on the island, though the number may have been higher than reported.

September 15

2016: Typhoon Meranti, one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record at its peak, made landfall at Xiamen, Fujian, China, killing 47 people in China and Taiwan.

September 16

1961: Hurricane Debbie, the only tropical cyclone in history to directly impact the British Isles, brought damaging winds of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) across Ireland.

September 17

1986: The NOAA-10 weather satellite was launched into a polar orbit.

September 18

1852: Clement Lindley Wragge, a meteorologist who pioneered the concept of giving names to tropical cyclones, was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England.

September 19

2012: Hurricane Nadine, one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones on record in the Atlantic Ocean, passed about 150 miles (240 km) south-southwest of Flores Island, Azores. Despite maintaining tropical storm strength or greater for 21 days, this was the storm's closest approach to land, and no damage or injuries were reported.

September 20

2017: Hurricane Maria, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, made landfall on Puerto Rico near its peak intensity, killing 64 people directly and causing catastrophic damage that left the entire island without power. This lack of power would eventually lead to 3,000 more deaths in the coming months.

September 21

2006: Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season, reached a peak intensity of 910 millibars (26.87 inHg), with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometres per hour (121 mph).

September 22

1984: Hurricane Odile made landfall near Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico. Up to 24.73 inches (628 mm) of rainfall caused severe flooding, especially around the Atoyac River where 21 people drowned.

September 23

1815: One of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever to strike New England came ashore along the coast of Long Island, causing major damage across several states and killing 38 people.

September 24

2001: Just two weeks after the September 11 attacks, several tornadoes hit the Washington, D.C. metro area, including one which passed a few hundred feet from The Pentagon and skipped across Capitol Hill.

September 25

1997: Hurricane Nora struck central Baja California, killing 2 people.

September 26

1958: Typhoon Ida made landfall in southeastern Honshu, Japan, killing more than 1,000 people.

September 27

1991: Typhoon Mireille struck southern Japan, causing several billion dollars in damage.

September 28

1917: A major hurricane made landfall near Fort Walton Beach, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h)). This was the strongest hurricane to impact the Florida Panhandle until Hurricane Opal almost 80 years later.

September 29

1917: A major hurricane struck the northern Gulf Coast of the United States, though only 10 people were killed due to warnings well in advance of the storm.

September 30

1966: Hurricane Inez, which killed nearly 1000 people across several Caribbean islands, made landfall at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.