1919

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

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1919

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	7	AL, FL
Unnamed	Category 4	21	FL, TX
Unnamed	Tropical storm	20	FL, GA

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1919

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Sep 14, 1919	6.1	near Naalehu, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—
Dec 19, 1919	5.2	near Walker, California Mono CA	—
Feb 16, 1919	5.0	near Mettler, California Kern CA	—
Dec 31, 1919	5.0	near Julian, California San Diego CA	—

03

Drought

On average 2% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1919. The worst month was August 1919, with 5%.

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.