1949

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 1949

Storm	Peak	Counties ≤50 mi	States
Unnamed	Category 2	3	NC
Unnamed	Category 4	340	DC, FL, GA, MA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV
Unnamed	Tropical storm	33	LA, MS
Unnamed	Tropical storm	6	NC
Unnamed	Category 2	31	TX

02

Earthquakes

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

Notable earthquakes of 1949

Date	Magnitude	Where	Depth, mi
Apr 13, 1949	6.7	near Roy, Washington Pierce WA	31.1
Sep 27, 1949	6.6	near Bear Creek, Alaska Kenai Peninsula AK	9.3
May 2, 1949	5.7	near Twentynine Palms, CA Riverside CA	3.7
Nov 4, 1949	5.7	near Primo Tapia, B.C., MX San Diego CA	3.7
Feb 11, 1949	5.5	near Tonopah, NV Esmeralda NV	3.7
Nov 4, 1949	5.1	near Primo Tapia, B.C., MX San Diego CA	3.7

03

Drought

On average 3% of lower-48 counties were in severe drought in 1949. The worst month was December 1949, with 7%.

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.