1961: A young girl in Bullhead in Corson County was killed by lightning in the afternoon while walking on the highway and her younger brother was slightly injured.

1983: High winds from the late evening into the early morning hours of the 10th blew through east central South Dakota damaging crops, downing hundreds of trees, breaking windows, damaging roofs and buildings, downing power poles and damaging vehicles. Gusts to 75 mph in Huron moved a semi trailer one-half block. Scattered power outages of up to 24 hours were reported in numerous areas as branches fell across power and telephone lines. Thirty power poles were downed in Kingsbury county alone. Corn, beans, and sunflowers suffered extensive damage in many areas with up to 50 percent losses reported. Gusts up to 90 mph were reported at Lake Poinsett, Lake Norden, and Estelline where roofs and shingles were ripped from buildings and numerous windows were broken. At Lake Poinsett, extensive damage was done to boats, docks, and automobiles. Several grain bins were also damaged or destroyed by the high winds.

1776: The Hurricane of Independence battered coastal areas from North Carolina to Nova Scotia from September 2 to September 9. It is believed that 4,170 people in the U.S. and Canada died in the storm.

1821: New England's most prolific tornado outbreak. The half-mile wide Great New Hampshire Tornado killed 6 and devastated areas around Lake Sunapee and Mt. Kearsarge. Hailstones 14 inches in circumference and "filled with grass and gravel" fell on the Hudson Valley.

1921: Thrall, TX set the U.S. record for rainfall in 18 hours, with 36.40".

1960: The storm surge from Hurricane Donna submerged the Overseas Highway. The hurricane broke the pipeline that supplied fresh water to the Florida Keys.

1964: Hurricane Dora became one of the few hurricanes to strike the extreme northeast part of Florida.

2002: A powerful squall line spawned four tornadoes that flattened buildings and took four lives in Mpumalanga, South Africa.