1946

4 tropical cyclones near the U.S., 13 notable earthquakes.

01

Tropical cyclones

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

Tropical cyclones near the U.S. in 1946

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Tropical storm	5	LA
Unnamed	Category 1	32	NC, SC
Unnamed	Category 2	92	FL, GA, SC
Unnamed	Tropical storm	3	FL

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1946

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Nov 1, 1946	6.8	near Atka, Alaska Aleutians West AK	15.5
Oct 29, 1946	6.5	near Akutan, Alaska Aleutians East AK	18.6
Mar 15, 1946	6.3	Walker Pass, California Kern CA	3.7
Feb 14, 1946	5.8	Puget Sound area, Washington Mason WA	15.5
Jul 18, 1946	5.5	near Amboy, CA San Bernardino CA	3.7
Mar 15, 1946	5.4	near Inyokern, CA Kern CA	3.7
Mar 15, 1946	5.4	near Inyokern, CA Kern CA	3.7
Jan 8, 1946	5.3	near Ocotillo Wells, CA Imperial CA	3.7
Mar 15, 1946	5.2	near Inyokern, CA Kern CA	3.7
Mar 18, 1946	5.2	near Inyokern, CA Kern CA	3.7
Jan 15, 1946	5.1	near Battle Mountain, Nevada Lander NV	—
Mar 15, 1946	5.0	near Inyokern, CA Kern CA	3.7
Mar 17, 1946	5.0	near Mina, Nevada Mineral NV	—

03

Drought

On average 2% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1946. The worst month was July 1946, with 4%.

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.