1927

2 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 11 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1927

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 3	0	—
Unnamed	Tropical storm	43	GA, NC, SC

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1927

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Oct 24, 1927	7.2	near Pelican, Alaska Sitka City and AK	6.2
Nov 4, 1927	6.9	Lompoc, California Santa Barbara CA	6.2
Jan 1, 1927	6.1	near Rumorosa, Mexico San Diego CA	6.2
Jan 1, 1927	6.0	near Progreso, Mexico San Diego CA	6.2
Mar 20, 1927	6.0	near Honoka‘a, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—
Sep 17, 1927	5.9	near Mammoth Lakes, California Mono CA	9.3
Aug 20, 1927	5.6	near Burnt Ranch, California Humboldt CA	9.3
Aug 4, 1927	5.3	near Santa Monica, California Los Angeles CA	—
Aug 20, 1927	5.3	near Trinidad, California Humboldt CA	—
Feb 15, 1927	5.0	near Davenport, California Santa Cruz CA	—
Nov 18, 1927	5.0	near Nipomo, California San Luis Obispo CA	—

03

Drought

On average 5% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1927. The worst month was May 1927, 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.