1936

8 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 3 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1936

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	7	FL
Unnamed	Category 1	20	TX
Unnamed	Tropical storm	16	LA
Unnamed	Category 2	30	AL, FL
Unnamed	Tropical storm	0	—
Unnamed	Tropical storm	28	FL, GA
Unnamed	Category 3	4	MA, NC
Unnamed	Tropical storm	6	TX

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1936

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Oct 22, 1936	6.8	near Beluga, Alaska Matanuska-Susitna AK	9.3
Jul 15, 1936	6.0	near Garrett, Washington Walla Walla WA	6.2
Jul 2, 1936	5.0	near Kingston, Nevada Lander NV	—

03

Drought

On average 20% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1936. The worst month was August 1936, with 45%.

Watch it spread, month by month · 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.