1923

4 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 9 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1923

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	25	AL, FL, LA, MS
Unnamed	Category 1	116	AR, LA, MO, MS
Unnamed	Tropical storm	30	CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
Unnamed	Tropical storm	73	AL, LA, MS, TN

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1923

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Jan 22, 1923	7.1	Humboldt County, California Humboldt CA	9.3
May 4, 1923	7.0	near Chignik, Alaska Kodiak Island AK	15.5
Jul 22, 1923	6.2	near San Bernardino, California San Bernardino CA	3.1
Apr 28, 1923	5.8	near Shelter Cove, California Humboldt CA	9.3
Nov 7, 1923	5.7	near Progreso, Mexico San Diego CA	—
Apr 28, 1923	5.6	near Samoa, California Humboldt CA	—
Jan 10, 1923	5.0	near Lakeview, Oregon Lake OR	—
Feb 9, 1923	5.0	near Samoa, California Humboldt CA	—
Nov 5, 1923	5.0	near Progreso, Mexico San Diego CA	—

03

Drought

On average 4% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1923. The worst month was January 1923, with 8%.

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.