1945

5 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 1945

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 2	42	FL, NC, SC
Unnamed	Tropical storm	0	—
Unnamed	Category 3	37	TX
Unnamed	Tropical storm	12	FL
Unnamed	Category 4	122	FL, GA, NC, SC, VA

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1945

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Feb 13, 1945	6.0	near Stanley, Idaho Custer ID	6.2
Aug 15, 1945	5.8	near Westmorland, CA Imperial CA	3.7
Sep 18, 1945	5.1	near Crescent Valley, Nevada Eureka NV	—

03

Drought

On average 3% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1945. The worst month was January 1945, with 15%.

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.