1922

1 tropical cyclone 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 1922

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	1	FL

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1922

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Jul 2, 1922	6.8	near Sand Point, Alaska Aleutians East AK	21.7
Mar 10, 1922	6.5	Parkfield, California San Luis Obispo CA	—
Apr 2, 1922	6.5	near Akutan, Alaska Aleutians East AK	21.7
Mar 16, 1922	5.0	near Shandon, California San Luis Obispo CA	—
Aug 17, 1922	5.0	near Shandon, California San Luis Obispo CA	—

03

Drought

On average 4% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1922. The worst month was November 1922, with 9%.

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.