1901

6 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 4 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1901

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	1	FL
Unnamed	Tropical storm	10	TX
Unnamed	Category 1	41	NC, SC, VA
Unnamed	Category 1	68	AL, FL, LA, MS
Unnamed	Category 1	143	AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
Unnamed	Tropical storm	48	AL, FL, GA

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1901

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Jan 17, 1901	7.1	British Columbia-Yukon border, Canada Skagway Municipality AK	—
Nov 13, 1901	6.6	Near Marysvale, Utah Piute UT	—
Mar 2, 1901	6.4	Parkfield, California Monterey CA	—
Jul 26, 1901	5.0	Near Elko, Nevada Elko NV	—

03

Drought

On average 14% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1901. The worst month was November 1901, with 25%.

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.