1910
3 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 16 notable earthquakes.
Tropical cyclones
Storms whose tracks came within 100 miles of a U.S. county.
Earthquakes
Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, strongest first.
| Sep 8, 1910 | 7.0 | near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West AK |
| Nov 21, 1910 | 6.1 | Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada Esmeralda NV |
| Mar 18, 1910 | 6.0 | Offshore Humboldt County, California Humboldt CA |
| May 6, 1910 | 6.0 | Near Bishop, California Inyo CA |
| May 15, 1910 | 6.0 | Lake Elsinore, California Riverside CA |
| Sep 23, 1910 | 6.0 | Southwest of Cameron, Arizona Coconino AZ |
| Mar 10, 1910 | 5.8 | Near Watsonville, California Santa Cruz CA |
| Dec 31, 1910 | 5.7 | Monterey Bay area, California Santa Cruz CA |
| Nov 7, 1910 | 5.5 | Near Goldfield, Nevada Nye NV |
| Nov 18, 1910 | 5.5 | Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada Esmeralda NV |
| Nov 21, 1910 | 5.5 | Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada Esmeralda NV |
| Apr 19, 1910 | 5.4 | Near Butte, Montana Silver Bow MT |
| May 22, 1910 | 5.3 | Near Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake UT |
| Apr 10, 1910 | 5.0 | Near Lake Elsinore, California Riverside CA |
| May 12, 1910 | 5.0 | Near Lake Elsinore, California Riverside CA |
| Nov 21, 1910 | 5.0 | Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada Esmeralda NV |
Drought
On average 15% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1910. The worst month was December 1910, with 25%.
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.
Drought · 1910
How the 1910 drought spread
Every county’s Palmer reading, month by month, from July 1909 to December 1910.