1913

3 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 2 notable earthquakes.

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Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1913

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 1	20	TX
Unnamed	Category 1	31	NC
Unnamed	Category 1	24	NC, SC

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1913

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Mar 30, 1913	6.9	near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West AK	21.7
Oct 25, 1913	5.8	Kilauea area, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—

03

Drought

On average 4% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1913. The worst month was August 1913, with 11%.

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.