June 29[edit]

1865: A tornado killed at least 17 people in Viroqua, Wisconsin.

1904: A rare Russian tornado killed at least one person as it destroyed 3000 homes in the suburbs of Moscow.

1998: The Corn Belt Derecho produced wind gusts as high as 123 mph (198 km/h) as well as dozens of tornadoes in its rampage across eight states in the Midwest and Ohio Valley, killing one person and injuring 174.

2012: A severe derecho killed 28 people and caused almost $3 billion in damage in the eastern United States.

2021: An extreme heat wave reached its peak in western areas of North America, with Lytton, British Columbia reaching 49.6 °C (121.3 °F) (breaking Canada's all-time record temperature for the third day in a row) and several locations exceeding the country's previous record high temperature of 45.0 °C (113.0 °F).