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September 25

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1846: Wladimir Köppen, developer of the Köppen climate classification system, was born in Russia.

1933: A major hurricane made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula near Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, killing more than 180 people

1939: A tropical storm struck central far-southern California, one of only two tropical cyclones to do so. As many as 93 people were killed.

1963: Hurricane Edith struck the central Lesser Antilles. Ten people were killed on Martinique, and a wind gust of 127 miles per hour (204 km/h) was observed at Fort-de-France.

1997: Hurricane Nora struck central Baja California, killing 2 people.