The unnamed hurricane of 1885
Sep 24, 1885 to Oct 2, 1885Peak 81 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1885 passed within 50 miles of 25 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a Category 1 on October 2, 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
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 25
- AL, FL, LA, MS, NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 67
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 27.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 36.4 | Category 1 |
| Conecuh County | AL | 40.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 43.2 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | AL | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 45.2 | Category 1 |
| Lamar County | MS | 53.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 59.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 64.2 | Category 1 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 65.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 65.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 68.8 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 73.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 76.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 77.5 | Category 1 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 78.4 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | NC | 78.4 | Category 1 |
| Covington County | MS | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 81.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 83.1 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 84.8 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 84.9 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 91.3 | Category 1 |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 92.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 92.9 | Category 1 |
| Pike County | MS | 93.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
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.