1926

4 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 14 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1926

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 4	83	FL, GA
Unnamed	Category 3	37	LA, MS
Unnamed	Category 4	57	AL, FL, LA, MS
Unnamed	Category 4	3	FL

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1926

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Oct 13, 1926	6.9	near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West AK	24.9
Oct 12, 1926	6.7	near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West AK	28.0
Oct 13, 1926	6.7	near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West AK	31.1
Oct 22, 1926	6.3	near Davenport, California Santa Cruz CA	9.3
Oct 22, 1926	6.3	near Davenport, California Santa Cruz CA	6.2
Mar 19, 1926	6.0	near Hala‘ula, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—
Jul 25, 1926	5.8	near San Lucas, California San Benito CA	6.2
Feb 18, 1926	5.5	near Channel Islands Beach, California Santa Barbara CA	—
Apr 3, 1926	5.5	near Twentynine Palms, California Riverside CA	—
Jun 29, 1926	5.5	near Toro Canyon, California Santa Barbara CA	—
Oct 24, 1926	5.5	near Davenport, California Santa Cruz CA	—
Dec 12, 1926	5.4	Clarkston Valley, Montana (Aftershock) Gallatin MT	—
Jun 30, 1926	5.0	near Posey, California Kern CA	—
Dec 27, 1926	5.0	near Coalinga, California Fresno CA	—

03

Drought

On average 8% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1926. The worst month was June 1926, with 13%.

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.