1906

5 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 10 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1906

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	51	AL, FL, GA
Unnamed	Category 2	5	FL
Unnamed	Category 1	39	NC, SC
Unnamed	Category 3	98	AL, AR, KY, LA, MO, MS, TN
Unnamed	Category 3	31	FL, GA, SC

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1906

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Aug 16, 1906	8.3	Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Aleutians West AK	68.4
Apr 18, 1906	7.9	San Francisco, California San Francisco CA	7.3
Dec 22, 1906	6.6	near Nikolski, Alaska Aleutians West AK	21.7
Apr 23, 1906	6.4	Northwest of Eureka, California Humboldt CA	—
Apr 18, 1906	6.3	Imperial Valley, California Imperial CA	—
Jan 25, 1906	6.2	Near Flagstaff, Arizona Coconino AZ	—
Jul 16, 1906	5.8	Near Socorro, New Mexico Socorro NM	—
Nov 15, 1906	5.8	Near Socorro, New Mexico Socorro NM	—
Dec 6, 1906	5.7	Southwest of Cambria, California San Luis Obispo CA	—
Jul 12, 1906	5.5	Near Socorro, New Mexico Socorro NM	—

03

Drought

On average 1% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1906. The worst month was December 1906, with 1%.

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.