1914

1 tropical cyclone near the U.S., 6 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1914

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	88	AL, FL, GA, MS

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1914

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Jul 16, 1914	6.5	near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West AK	21.7
Apr 24, 1914	6.4	Near Fernley, Nevada Lyon NV	—
Feb 18, 1914	6.0	Near Reno, Nevada Washoe NV	—
Nov 8, 1914	5.5	Santa Cruz Mountains, California Santa Clara CA	—
Mar 29, 1914	5.2	Moloka`i area, Hawaii Maui HI	—
Feb 10, 1914	5.1	Near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada St. Lawrence NY	—

03

Drought

On average 12% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1914. The worst month was July 1914, with 24%.

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.