1908

5 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 1908

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 1	40	CT, MA, ME, NC, NH, NY, RI
Unnamed	Category 1	18	NC
Unnamed	Tropical storm	19	LA, TX
Unnamed	Tropical storm	15	NC
Unnamed	Tropical storm	0	—

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1908

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
May 14, 1908	6.7	near Yakutat, Alaska Yakutat City and AK	9.3
Sep 20, 1908	6.7	Island of Hawai`i, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—
Nov 4, 1908	6.0	Death Valley area, California Inyo CA	—
Aug 18, 1908	5.8	Near Eureka, California Humboldt CA	—

03

Drought

On average 4% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1908. The worst month was December 1908, with 17%.

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.