- August 15
- 9 inches of rainfall creates a 20-foot wave in Lynmouth, England, killing 34. [1]
1953
- January 31
- Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning nearly 2,000. [1]
- May 11
- Tornado kills 114 in Waco, Texas, USA (US$39 million damage). [1]
- June 8
- Cluster of six tornadoes touch down in Flint, Michigan, USA killing 113. [1]
- June 9
- Tornado strikes Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, destroying Assumption College, killing 100. [1]
- September 27
- Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya, Japan. [1]
- December 24
- Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166. [1]
1954
- January 9
- -87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record). [1]
- January 11
- Two-ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche - ten die (Austria). [1]
- August 31
- Hurricane Carol (first major named storm) hits New England, 70 die. [1]
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- September 2
- Hurricane Edna batters northeast US, killing 20. [1]
- September 14
- Hurricane Edna (second of 1954) hits New York City, causing US$50 million damage. [1]
- September 26
- Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay, Japan, killing over 1,600. [1]
- October 5
- Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US. [1]
- October 18
- Hurricane Hazel (third of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US. [1]
1955
- May 25
- Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall, Kansas, and most of Blackwell, Oklahoma. [1]
- July 14
- Two killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England. [1]
- August 3
- Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days. [1]
- August 17
- Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage. [1]
1956
- May 12
- East Pakistan is struck by cyclone and tidal waves. [1]
- July 4
- US most intense rainfall (1.23 inches in one minute) at Unionville, Maryland. [1]
- October 20
- 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high). [1]
1957
- June 27
- 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas, USA. [1]
1958
- April 2
- Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA (record). [1]
- June 22
- Game in Kansas City between Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado. [1]
- July 10
- The highest tsunami wave ever recorded is at Lituya Bay, Alaska, at 524m high. [5]
1959
- January 9
- Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die. [1]
- February 10
- Tornado in Saint Louis kills 19 and injures 265. [1]
- September 17
- Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea. [1]
- September 27
- Typhoon Vera hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000. [1]
- October 27
- Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico. [1]
- December 16
- Snow falling in Lowarai Pass, West Pakistan, kills 48. [1]
1960
- August 24
- A world-record low temperature (-88 degrees Celsuis, -127 degrees Fahrenheit) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica. [1] [5] [614.8]
1961
- September 15
- Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph. [1]
1962
- February 17
- Storm in Hamburg, Germany, kills 265. [1]
1963
- May 28
- Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die and one million houses destroyed. [1]
- October 7
- Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190. [1]
- December 8
- Three fuel tanks explode when jetliner is struck by lightning, crashing near Elkton Maryland; only case of lightning-caused crash, 81 die. [1]
1964
- September 12
- Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, causing $17.5 million damage. [1]
- December 23
- India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. [1]
1965
- April 11
- 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000. [1]
- May 11
- First of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 in India. [1]
- June 2
- Second of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges River, India). [1]
- September 12
- Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana; kills 75. [1]
- December 15
- Third cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouth of Ganges River, Bangladesh. [1]
1966
- January 11
- 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain. [1]
- January 29
- Snow storm in north-east US kills 165. [1]
- March 3
- Tornado hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die. [1]
- March 5
- 75-MPH air currents cause BOAC 707 crash above Mount Fuji, 124 die. [1]
- November 4
- Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works. [1]
1967
- February 1
- Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives. [1]
- September 20
- Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38. [1]
1968
- January 31
- Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32 inches), at Agata, USSR. [1]
- May 15
- A tornado strikes Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA, at 10 PM, killing 36. [1]
1969
- April 14
- Tornado strikes Dacca, East Pakistan, killing 540. [1]
- April 23
- Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province, China. [1]
- August 22
- Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast; kills 255. [1]
- December 8
- Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, Greece; 93 killed. [1]
1970
- February 11
- 26.37 cm (10.38 inches) of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour record). [1]
- August 3
- Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history. [1]
- September 5
- Estimated 15 cm (6 inches) of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record). [1]
- November 13
- Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. [1]
1971
- January 23
- Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska, (north of Fairbanks) reaches a US record low temperature of -80 degrees F. [1] [32.23]
- February 21
- Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117. [1]
- April 26
- Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15 inches in 24 hours. [1]
1972
- June 9
- 14 inches of rain in six hours bursts Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 200. [1]
- June 23
- Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history. [1]
- July 22
- 27.53 cm (10.84 inches) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state 24-hour record). [1]
1973
- July 7
- 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river (India). [1]
- July 23
- Ozark Air Lines' plane knocked out of the air by lightning over Saint Louis - 36 die. [1]
1974
- January 5
- In Vanda Station, Scott Coast, an Antarctican record hot temperature of 59 degrees F is recorded. [54]
- April 3
- In the USA, 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states in the east, south and midwest killed approximately 315. [1]
- September 18
- Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die. [1]
- December 25
- Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin, Australia. [1]
1975
- May 6
- Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only three people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska. [1]
- May 13
- Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee. [1]
- June 28
- Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Illinois). [1]
- June 29
- 20.57 cm (8.10 inches) of rainfall, Litchville, North Dakota (state 24-hour record). [1]
- July 7
- Juneau, Alaska, reaches a record high temperature: 90 degrees F. [32.22]
- July 13
- 8.5 inches (21.6 cm) of rainfall in Dover, Delaware (US state record). [1]
- September 30
- Five drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls, New York). [1]
- November 10
- Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior. [1]
1977
- January 19
- Rare snow flurries in southeast Florida, USA. [290.15]
- February 1
- Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives. [1]
- July 20
- Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing US$350 million damage. [1]
1978
- January 25
- (to January 27) The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, killing 70. [841]
- February 5
- (to February 7) The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100 and causing over US$520 million in damage. [841]
1979
- January 12
- Record blizzard strikes American midwest killing over 100. [1]
- February 13
- Intense windstorm strikes western Washington State and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. [1] [840]
- February 18
- -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record). [1]
- The African Sahara Desert experiences snow for 30 minutes. [1] [840]
- April 10
- A tornado hits Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people (the most notable of 26 tornadoes that day). [840]
- May 17
- -12 degrees F (-11 degrees C), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record). [1] [54]
- July 26
- Estimated 109 cm (43 inches) of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record). [1]
- August 14
- A freak storm during the Fastnet Race results in the death of 15 sailors. [840]
- September 3
- Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm, kills over 1,000. [1]
- September 12
- Hurricane Frederic makes landfall at 10:00 p.m. on Alabama's Gulf Coast. [840]
- October 3
- A EF4 Tornado hits Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA causing extensive damage to the town. [840]
- October 16
- A tsunami in Nice, France kills 23 people. [840]
- October 19
- 13 US Marines die in a fire at Camp Fuji, Japan as a result of Typhoon Tip. [840]
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