1915

4 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 10 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1915

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 1	275	DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, NJ, PA, SC, VA, WV
Unnamed	Category 4	35	TX
Unnamed	Category 2	74	AL, FL, GA
Unnamed	Category 4	41	LA, MS

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1915

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Oct 2, 1915	6.8	Pleasant Valley, Nevada Pershing NV	6.2
Nov 20, 1915	6.6	Baja California-Sonora Border Region, Mexico Yuma AZ	6.2
Mar 28, 1915	6.4	Kaoiki area, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—
Jun 22, 1915	6.0	The 1915 Imperial Valley, California Earthquakes (First Major Event) Imperial CA	—
Oct 2, 1915	6.0	Pleasant Valley, Nevada (Foreshock) Pershing NV	—
Jun 22, 1915	5.9	The 1915 Imperial Valley, California Earthquakes (Second Major Event) Imperial CA	—
Jan 11, 1915	5.7	Near Los Alamos, California Santa Barbara CA	—
Aug 18, 1915	5.6	Near Marblemount, Washington Skagit WA	—
Apr 5, 1915	5.0	Near Coleville, California Mono CA	—
May 28, 1915	5.0	near Springville, California Tulare CA	—

03

Drought

On average 5% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1915. The worst month was April 1915, 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.