1920

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

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1920

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 2	58	AR, LA, MS
Unnamed	Category 1	19	NC, SC
Unnamed	Category 1	13	FL

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1920

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Jan 23, 1920	5.5	near Point Roberts, Washington San Juan WA	—
Mar 20, 1920	5.5	near Rancho Tehama Reserve, California Tehama CA	9.3
Oct 5, 1920	5.2	near Spreckels, California Monterey CA	—

03

Drought

On average 1% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1920. The worst month was February 1920, with 4%.

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.