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June 1

  • 1903 – An F4 tornado killed at least 98 people in and near Gainesville, Georgia. About 50 deaths occurred in a badly damaged cotton mill near the beginning of the path, where the tornado was only at F2 intensity. Some sources report a total death toll of 104.
  • 2011 – Part of a small outbreak across New England, a high-end EF3 tornado moved through Westfield and Springfield, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 200. Damage totaled $227 million.

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June 4

  • 1877 – An F4 tornado devastated Mount Carmel, Illinois, killing at least 16 people and injuring 100. A total of 20 businesses and 100 homes were destroyed; some were swept away.
  • 1958 – A major tornado outbreak hit the Upper Midwest. Three violent tornadoes from a single supercell killed 28 people in northwestern Wisconsin. The first of these, a fast-moving F5 tornado, struck the north side of Menomonie and devastated parts of Colfax, killing 21 people and injuring 110. After Colfax tornado dissipated, an F4 tornado struck Chippewa Falls, killing three people and injuring 56. Yet another F4 tornado, the last member of the tornado family, killed four more people south of Boyd and passed south of Stanley and Owen.

June 5


June 6

  • 1974 – Scattered tornadoes touched down across the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. An F3 tornado damaged or destroyed 300 homes in Forrest City, Arkansas, killing four people and injuring 112.

June 7

  • 1947 – An F4 tornado passed south of Vienna, Ohio and through Sharon and Farrell, Pennsylvania, killing six people and injuring 340. About 150 buildings were destroyed, and many people were injured in the collapse of apartment buildings and factories.

June 8

  • 1953 – One of the deadliest single tornadoes in U.S. history, an F5 tornado devastated portions of Flint and Beecher, Michigan, killing 116 people and injuring 844. Homes were obliterated along a mile-long stretch of one road. This was the last single tornado in the United States to kill more than 100 people until the 2011 Joplin tornado.
  • 1966 – An F5 tornado tore through Topeka, Kansas, killing 16 people and injuring 450. About 820 homes were destroyed and 3,000 were damaged as entire neighborhoods were leveled. The cost of damage was estimated at $100 to $250 million, $939 to $2,348 million in 2023, making it one of the costliest tornadoes in U.S. history.
  • 1984 – Just after midnight, an F5 tornado damaged or destroyed 90% of Barneveld, Wisconsin, including a subdivision of new houses, which was obliterated. More homes were destroyed in and near Black Earth. Nine people were killed and about 200 were injured. Residents were awoken by a loud clap of thunder just a few minutes before the tornado struck.

June 9

  • 1953 – One day after the devastating F5 tornado in Flint, Michigan, an F4 tornado (possibly F5) devastated Worcester, Massachusetts and the nearby communities of Shrewsbury, Southborough, and Westborough, killing 94 people and injuring nearly 1,300. This was the third extremely deadly tornado to strike the United States in 1953; the high death tolls led to the development of a nationwide warning system.
  • 1984 – A devastating tornado outbreak struck the eastern Soviet Union. A tornado estimated at F5 intensity struck Ivanovo. There is considerable uncertainty about the death toll; with estimates ranging from 69 to over 400. A 320,000-kilogram (710,000 lb), was flipped and a 50,000-kilogram (110,000 lb), water tank was thrown 200 metres (660 ft) A second tornado near Kostroma may also have reached F5 intensity.

June 10

  • 1938 – A slow-moving F5 tornado approached Clyde, Texas and made a sudden turn, devastating the west side of town and killing 14 people. A group of nine homes "vanished." A family of six attempting to flee in their car were picked up; four of the occupants died and the two survivors were found half a mile (0.8 km) away.
  • 1958 – An F4 (possibly F5) tornado devastated the southwestern part of El Dorado, Kansas, destroying 200 homes and killing 15 people. A car was thrown 100 yards and crashed through the roof of a house.

June 11


June 12

  • 1899 – An F5 tornado, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, devastated much of New Richmond, Wisconsin, leveling numerous buildings and killing 117 people. The high death toll was in part due to about 1,000 people visiting from out of town to attend a circus, which ended about an hour before the tornado formed.
  • 1942 – An F4 tornado moved erratically through the southwest side of Oklahoma City, destroying more than 70 homes and killing 35 people.

June 13

  • 1968 – An F5 tornado struck Tracy, Minnesota, killing nine people, injuring 125, and destroying 111 homes, some of which were swept away.
  • 1981 – Widely scattered tornadoes touched down across much of the United States, from Texas to Minnesota, Ohio, and Florida. An F3 tornado destroyed most of downtown Cardington, Ohio, including 100 homes, 50 businesses, and an apartment complex. Four people were killed and 56 were injured.

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June 16

  • 1942 – A tornado struck southern Brazil, destroying many buildings including two hotels and a church. Reports from the day after indicate that more than 20 people were killed and hundreds were injured.
  • 1992 – An F5 tornado moved through Chandler, Minnesota, destroying 75 homes and damaging more than 90 other structures. One person was killed and 40 were injured.
  • 2014 – A strong supercell spawned a complex family of six tornadoes in northeastern Nebraska, four of which were rated EF4. The most destructive of these destroyed about half of Pilger and killed one person. A simultaneous EF4 tornado east of the town killed another person. Video of these twin tornadoes was widely shown in news media and online.

June 17


June 18

  • 1939 – An F4 tornado moved through the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area, destroying 40 homes in Anoka, Maple Grove, and Champlin, killing nine people and injuring 222. Some homes were swept away. Four people died in a car that was thrown 300 yards.
  • 2001 – An F3 tornado damaged or destroyed 240 buildings in Siren, Wisconsin, killing two people and inuring 16.

June 19

  • 1835 – A strong tornado devastated portions of New Brunswick and Piscataway, New Jersey. Four people were killed and 120 buildings damaged or destroyed in New Brunswick; one person was killed and 19 buildings were destroyed at Piscataway.

June 20

  • 1942 – Two F4 tornadoes touched down in the Midwestern United States. The first moved through Kokomo, Indiana, killing two people there and another near Alto. Another 150 were injured. The second tornado moved in an approximate half-circle around Mulvane, Kansas, destroying farm buildings and killing four people.
  • 1957 – A devastating F5 tornado struck Fargo, North Dakota, destroying more than 300 homes, many of which were entirely swept away, and damaging more than 1,000 others. Ten people were killed and 103 were injured. This was the deadliest tornado to strike North Dakota.

June 21

  • 1901 – An F4 tornado or tornado family passed near Naper and Lynch, Nebraska. Three farms were completely swept away. Ten people died in two families, with bodies carried a quarter mile (400m), and eight others were injured.
  • 1969 – An F3 tornado hit Salina, Kansas, injuring 60 people. In all, 104 homes were heavily damaged or destroyed and 571 sustained minor damage. Ten businesses were also destroyed.

June 22

  • 1919 – An F5 tornado destroyed about 400 buildings in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, killing 57 people. Many of the deaths were in a 3-story hotel that was completely leveled.
  • 2007 – Canada's only official F5 tornado destroyed several homes on the edge of Elie, Manitoba. Amateur video shows the narrow, but extremely intense tornado lifting a well-anchored brick house into the air, where it disintegrated. Despite the violence of the event, only one person was injured.

June 23


June 24

  • 1967 - A small but violent tornado outbreak impacted northern France, resulting in eight fatalities. An F5 tornado destroyed homes in Écoust-Saint-Mein and Palluel, killing six people and injuring 30. An F4 tornado killed two people and injured 50 in Pommereuil. The next day, three F3 tornadoes touched down in Belgium and the Netherlands, killing seven more people.
  • 2021 – A rare, powerful, and deadly F4 tornado passed through several villages in southeastern Czech Republic, causing catastrophic damage and resulting in the deaths of six people. and injuring 6567 others. The tornado caused 15+ billion CZK (~693.9 million USD) in damage.

June 25

  • 1950 – An F4 tornado moved through Rhinelander, Wisconsin and destroyed vacation homes near Crescent Lake, killing two people in an overturned boat and injuring 50 others along its path.

June 26

  • 1994 – An F3 tornado moved through St. Joseph and Iron City, Tennessee, damaging more than 100 buildings, including 75% of Iron City. Nineteen people were injured.

June 27

  • 1951 – One of the briefest violent tornadoes on record, an F4 tornado touched down in WaKeeney, Kansas, destroying 45 homes, killing five people, and injuring 100. The storm's path was less than a mile long.
  • 1955 – A complex tornado family passed near Scottsbluff, Nebraska, including an F4 tornado that killed two people and injured 29. The event was extensively photographed and was the subject of one of the most detailed tornado studies of the time. An attempt to estimated the wind speed of the F4 storm from makings on the ground failed because it had multiple vortices, a phenomenon that was not known until the 1970s.

June 28


June 29

  • 1764 – A violent tornado, estimated at T11 intensity on the TORRO scale or F5 intensity on the Fujita scale, struck Woldegk, Germany. Trees were debarked, a dairy farm was reportedly swept away, and large cobblestones were moved. Detailed information is available due to a detailed series of letters by Gottlob Burchard Genzmer.
  • 1904 – A strong tornado hit Moscow, killing at least nine people.
  • 1998 – A strong derecho produced tornadoes and widespread damaging winds across Iowa. An F2 tornado or series of tornadoes moved across the Des Moines area, causing extensive damage and injuring 85 people.

June 30

  • 1912 – The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado, devastated Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28 people and injuring about 300. About 500 buildings were damaged or destroyed with 2,500 people left homeless.