1918

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

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1918

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 3	57	AR, LA, OK, TX
Unnamed	Category 1	25	NC, VA

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1918

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Apr 21, 1918	6.7	San Jacinto, California Riverside CA	6.2
Jul 14, 1918	6.5	near Big Lagoon, California Humboldt CA	9.3
Nov 1, 1918	6.2	near Volcano, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—
Apr 30, 1918	5.0	near Calexico, California Imperial CA	—
Jun 6, 1918	5.0	near San Jacinto, California Riverside CA	—

03

Drought

On average 15% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1918. The worst month was March 1918, 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.