1912

5 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 13 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1912

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	103	AL, GA, LA, MS
Unnamed	Tropical storm	57	FL, GA
Unnamed	Tropical storm	0	—
Unnamed	Category 1	42	AL, FL, LA, MS
Unnamed	Category 2	15	TX

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1912

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Jul 6, 1912	7.2	Mount McKinley (Denali) area, Alaska Denali AK	1.9
Nov 6, 1912	7.1	near Karluk, Alaska Kodiak Island AK	21.7
Jun 7, 1912	7.0	Event 36 Novarupta-Mount Katmai area, Alaska Peninsula Lake and Peninsula AK	—
Jan 4, 1912	6.8	near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West AK	21.7
Jun 7, 1912	6.8	Event 37 Novarupta-Mount Katmai area, Alaska Peninsula Lake and Peninsula AK	—
Jun 10, 1912	6.8	Event 48 Novarupta-Mount Katmai area, Alaska Peninsula Lake and Peninsula AK	3.1
Jan 31, 1912	6.7	Prince William Sound, Alaska Chugach AK	15.5
Oct 18, 1912	6.7	near Attu Station, Alaska Aleutians West AK	12.4
Jun 8, 1912	6.6	Event 39 Novarupta-Mount Katmai area, Alaska Peninsula Lake and Peninsula AK	—
Jun 7, 1912	6.5	Event 21 Novarupta-Mount Katmai area, Alaska Peninsula Lake and Peninsula AK	—
Aug 18, 1912	6.2	Near Flagstaff, Arizona Coconino AZ	—
Jan 4, 1912	5.5	near Bishop, California Inyo CA	—
Oct 13, 1912	5.0	North of Kohala, Hawaii Hawaii HI	24.9

03

Drought

On average 1% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1912. The worst month was January 1912, with 4%.

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.