1896

4 tropical cyclones near the U.S..

01

Tropical cyclones

Storms whose tracks came within 100 miles of a U.S. county.

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1896

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 2	87	AL, FL, GA
Unnamed	Category 3	16	MA, NH, RI
Unnamed	Category 3	170	FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV
Unnamed	Category 2	19	FL

02

Drought

On average 7% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1896. The worst month was January 1896, with 10%.

Every year since 1895 on the drought page

Storm Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, NOAA Storm Events Database, NOAA nClimDiv Palmer Drought Severity Index. Damage is as reported at the time, not adjusted for inflation.