1944

5 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 6 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1944

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 1	126	DC, DE, MD, NC, NJ, SC, VA
Unnamed	Tropical storm	0	—
Unnamed	Tropical storm	20	AL, FL, LA, MS
Unnamed	Category 5	40	CT, MA, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI
Unnamed	Category 4	66	FL, GA, SC

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1944

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Dec 11, 1944	6.6	near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West AK	21.7
Jul 12, 1944	6.1	near Stanley, Idaho Custer ID	6.2
Sep 5, 1944	5.7	Massena, New York St. Lawrence NY	9.3
Dec 27, 1944	5.6	near Volcano, Hawaii Hawaii HI	—
Jun 12, 1944	5.2	near Morongo Valley, CA Riverside CA	3.7
Jun 12, 1944	5.1	near Cabazon, CA Riverside CA	3.7

03

Drought

On average 7% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1944. The worst month was December 1944, with 14%.

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.