1897

5 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 1897

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 1	60	FL, LA, TX
Unnamed	Tropical storm	87	CT, FL, MA, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI
Unnamed	Tropical storm	0	—
Unnamed	Category 1	5	NC
Unnamed	Tropical storm	19	NC, VA

02

Drought

On average 6% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1897. The worst month was November 1897, with 16%.

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.