1898: A deadly, estimated F4 tornado moved southeast from 12 miles northwest of Clear Lake, passing 7 miles north of town and ending about 4 miles west of Gary. Deaths occurred on two farms. One man was killed when the kitchen of his farm house was torn off. Five members of one family were killed along with two labors on another farm as every building was swept away. Buildings suffered heavy damage on eight farms. This was one of the earliest, estimated F4 tornadoes on record for South Dakota.

1968: Relatively few tornadoes occur in Utah, but on this day an F2 struck West Weber, destroying a house and carrying its roof 220 feet.

1971: Australia's deadliest tornado killed three people at Kin Kin in Queensland.

2004: A large amount of hail flowed into a dry wash near Clayton, NM and piled up to a height of 15 feet. Some of the ice was still there a month later.