1902

3 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 1902

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	145	FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
Unnamed	Category 1	103	AR, OK, TX
Unnamed	Category 2	25	AL, FL

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1902

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Nov 17, 1902	6.3	Near Pine Valley, Utah Washington UT	—
Jul 27, 1902	5.8	Near Los Alamos, California Santa Barbara CA	—
Jul 31, 1902	5.8	Near Los Alamos, California Santa Barbara CA	—
May 19, 1902	5.4	South of Elmira, California Solano CA	—

03

Drought

On average 15% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1902. The worst month was February 1902, 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.