1932

4 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 12 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1932

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 4	29	TX
Unnamed	Category 1	57	AL, FL, LA, MS
Unnamed	Category 1	46	FL, GA
Unnamed	Tropical storm	72	AR, LA, MS

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1932

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Mar 25, 1932	6.8	Alaska Range, about 220 km NW of Anchorage Matanuska-Susitna AK	9.3
Dec 20, 1932	6.8	Cedar Mountain, Nevada Mineral NV	6.2
Oct 16, 1932	6.6	near Sand Point, Alaska Aleutians East AK	15.5
Jun 6, 1932	6.5	Eureka, California Humboldt CA	9.3
Dec 24, 1932	5.5	near Gabbs, Nevada Nye NV	—
Dec 25, 1932	5.3	near Gabbs, Nevada Nye NV	—
Jul 17, 1932	5.2	near Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington King WA	—
Dec 28, 1932	5.2	near Gabbs, Nevada Nye NV	—
Feb 26, 1932	5.0	near San Ardo, California Monterey CA	—
Dec 24, 1932	5.0	near Gabbs, Nevada Nye NV	—
Dec 28, 1932	5.0	near Gabbs, Nevada Nye NV	—
Dec 28, 1932	5.0	near Gabbs, Nevada Nye NV	—

03

Drought

On average 8% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1932. The worst month was February 1932, with 12%.

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.