1982: An early season Tornado briefly touched down at Swett, South Dakota (11 miles west of Martin). The tornado overturned and heavily damaged a mobile home. One person was slightly injured and another barely escaped injury, as he left the trailer just seconds before the storm struck.

1848: An ice dam on Lake Erie near Buffalo, NY stopped the flow of water over Niagara Falls for 30 hours.

1935: A severe duststorm blanketed Amarillo, TX, for 84 hours. During one six hour period the visibility was near zero.

2000: A boater was killed by softball sized hail on Lake Worth, TX.