1941

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 1941

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	2	LA
Unnamed	Category 3	155	AR, IL, KY, LA, MO, TX
Unnamed	Category 3	118	AL, FL, GA, SC
Unnamed	Tropical storm	11	FL

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1941

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Feb 9, 1941	6.8	near Ferndale, California Humboldt CA	9.3
Sep 27, 1941	6.5	near Chignik, Alaska Lake and Peninsula AK	62.1
Oct 3, 1941	6.5	near Ferndale, California Humboldt CA	6.2
Sep 14, 1941	6.0	Mammoth Lakes area, California Mono CA	—
Sep 14, 1941	6.0	Mammoth Lakes area, California Mono CA	—
Jun 30, 1941	5.5	Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara CA	6.0
Aug 29, 1941	5.5	near Denio, Nevada Humboldt NV	—
Sep 14, 1941	5.5	Mammoth Lakes area, California Mono CA	—
Dec 30, 1941	5.4	near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA Mono CA	3.7
Sep 21, 1941	5.1	near Frazier Park, CA Kern CA	3.7
Nov 14, 1941	5.1	The 1941 Torrance-Gardena, California Earthquakes (Second Event) Los Angeles CA	3.7
Jul 17, 1941	5.0	near Nixon, Nevada Pershing NV	—
Sep 14, 1941	5.0	Mammoth Lakes area, California Mono CA	—
Oct 5, 1941	5.0	near Ferndale, California Humboldt CA	—

03

Drought

On average 17% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1941. The worst month was May 1941, with 26%.

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.