1900

3 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 1 notable earthquake.

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Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1900

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 4	88	FL, OK, TX
Unnamed	Tropical storm	11	LA, MS
Unnamed	Tropical storm	30	FL, GA

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Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, strongest first.

Notable earthquakes of 1900

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Oct 9, 1900	7.9	Kodiak Island region, Alaska Kodiak Island AK	12.4

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Drought

On average 8% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1900. The worst month was January 1900, with 14%.

Every year since 1895 on the drought page

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