1924

5 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 1 notable earthquake.

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Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1924

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	0	—
Unnamed	Category 3	6	MA, NC
Unnamed	Category 1	87	FL, GA, NC, SC
Unnamed	Category 1	20	FL, GA
Unnamed	Category 5	7	FL

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Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1924

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Aug 20, 1924	5.0	near P?hala, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—

03

Drought

On average 6% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1924. The worst month was November 1924, with 10%.

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.