1898

8 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 1898

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 1	36	AL, FL
Unnamed	Category 1	88	AL, GA, SC
Unnamed	Tropical storm	32	LA, MS
Unnamed	Tropical storm	15	LA, TX
Unnamed	Category 4	100	AL, FL, GA
Unnamed	Tropical storm	1	FL
Unnamed	Tropical storm	2	FL
Unnamed	Tropical storm	1	FL

02

Drought

On average 7% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1898. The worst month was May 1898, with 11%.

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.