1981: A late September tornado touched down briefly 14 miles west of Pierre during the early evening hours with no damage occurring.

1996: An early fall storm over the Black Hills of northeast Wyoming and western South Dakota re-acquainted area residents with their winter driving techniques. Snow totals ranged from 4 to 8 inches. U.S. Highway 385, south of Deadwood South Dakota, was temporarily closed after a semi-truck jack-knifed on Strawberry Hill. Numerous minor accidents were reported in the Black Hills due to slick roads. Heavy wet snow closed the Needles Highway and Iron Mountain Road in the central/southern Black Hills until snowplows could clear the roads.

1947: A camera that was mounted above a rocket captured a previously undetected tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico.

2004: Hurricane Jeanne, a Category Three hurricane, made landfall in near Stuart, Florida. It was almost in the same spot where Hurricane Frances had made landfall three weeks before.