1904

3 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 5 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1904

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 1	123	DE, MD, NC, SC, VA
Unnamed	Category 1	16	FL
Unnamed	Tropical storm	6	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 1904

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Aug 27, 1904	7.3	Central Alaska Yukon-Koyukuk AK	—
Mar 21, 1904	5.7	Passamaquoddy Bay area, Maine Washington ME	—
Jun 4, 1904	5.6	Maui region, Hawaii Maui HI	—
Mar 16, 1904	5.3	Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Washington Jefferson WA	—
Apr 4, 1904	5.3	Island of Hawai`i, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—

03

Drought

On average 9% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1904. The worst month was November 1904, with 15%.

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.