1943

3 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 5 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1943

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 2	31	LA, TX
Unnamed	Category 2	1	LA
Unnamed	Tropical storm	52	DC, DE, MD, PA, VA

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1943

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Nov 3, 1943	6.9	near Skwentna, Alaska Matanuska-Susitna AK	9.3
Aug 8, 1943	5.6	near Dyer, Nevada Esmeralda NV	9.3
Mar 30, 1943	5.3	near Soda Springs, California Nevada CA	—
Aug 28, 1943	5.3	near Big Bear Lake, CA San Bernardino CA	3.7
Dec 22, 1943	5.1	near Amboy, CA San Bernardino CA	3.7

03

Drought

On average 5% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1943. The worst month was December 1943, with 11%.

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.