The unnamed hurricane of 1885
Sep 17, 1885 to Sep 23, 1885Peak 92 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1885 passed within 50 miles of 68 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Nantucket County, MA, as a Category 1 on September 23, 1885.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1885
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 68
- FL, GA, LA, MA, ME, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 167
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MA, ME, MS, NC, RI, SC, TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Hamilton County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 1.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 16.6 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 20.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 21.2 | Tropical storm |
| Nantucket County | MA | 21.9 | Category 1 |
| Duval County | FL | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 31.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Barnstable County | MA | 32.4 | Category 1 |
| Cook County | GA | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 42.8 | Tropical storm |
| Knox County | ME | 43.1 | Category 1 |
| Bradford County | FL | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 44.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 44.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 46.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 46.1 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 46.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dukes County | MA | 46.6 | Category 1 |
| Dixie County | FL | 46.9 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 49.1 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 49.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | TX | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 50.2 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 59.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 63.4 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Waldo County | ME | 64.9 | Category 1 |
| Plymouth County | MA | 65.0 | Category 1 |
| Geneva County | AL | 65.5 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 66.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 67.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | ME | 68.0 | Category 1 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | MA | 71.1 | Category 1 |
| Colleton County | SC | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 73.4 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 75.4 | Category 1 |
| Harrison County | MS | 75.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 80.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 81.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 82.1 | Category 1 |
| Newport County | RI | 82.4 | Category 1 |
| Wheeler County | GA | 82.7 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 83.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 85.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 86.5 | Tropical storm |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 86.5 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | AL | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk County | MA | 89.9 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 90.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | RI | 91.6 | Category 1 |
| Kennebec County | ME | 92.2 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | MA | 92.3 | Category 1 |
| Crisp County | GA | 92.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 92.4 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | RI | 92.8 | Category 1 |
| Dodge County | GA | 93.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 94.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | ME | 94.4 | Category 1 |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| Kleberg County | TX | 98.8 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | MA | 99.1 | Category 1 |
| Kent County | RI | 99.2 | Category 1 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 99.4 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
| Providence County | RI | 99.9 | Category 1 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.