The unnamed tropical storm of 1885
Oct 10, 1885 to Oct 14, 1885Peak 69 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1885 passed within 50 miles of 150 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Dixie County, FL, as a tropical storm on October 11, 1885.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1885
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 150
- FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 263
- FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV
- 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.
| Hamilton County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Person County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Prince Edward County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 0.7 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | NC | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 6.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Alamance County | NC | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 8.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Caswell County | NC | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 10.4 | Tropical storm |
| Appomattox County | VA | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 11.7 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 14.3 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Guilford County | NC | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 16.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| Campbell County | VA | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 17.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 19.9 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 19.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pittsylvania County | VA | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 22.6 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Danville city | VA | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Davidson County | NC | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | SC | 26.1 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | NC | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 28.8 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 29.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 29.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Rowan County | NC | 31.3 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 33.6 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lynchburg city | VA | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 35.7 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 36.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| York County | SC | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bedford County | VA | 42.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Forsyth County | NC | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | VA | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 48.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 49.1 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | SC | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | VA | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 51.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 51.3 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 51.6 | Tropical storm |
| Stokes County | NC | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Davie County | NC | 52.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 53.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 53.7 | Tropical storm |
| Martinsville city | VA | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 55.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 55.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 55.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gaston County | NC | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 57.2 | Tropical storm |
| Iredell County | NC | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Greenwood County | SC | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Botetourt County | VA | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 60.0 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | SC | 60.7 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 60.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 61.6 | Tropical storm |
| Patrick County | VA | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | NC | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | SC | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 64.9 | Tropical storm |
| Yadkin County | NC | 65.5 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 65.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Roanoke County | VA | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Catawba County | NC | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | NC | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cleveland County | NC | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Spartanburg County | SC | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Roanoke city | VA | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 76.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| Abbeville County | SC | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Floyd County | VA | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Salem city | VA | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | VA | 84.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craig County | VA | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | NC | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Alexander County | NC | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 85.4 | Tropical storm |
| Elbert County | GA | 86.2 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | VA | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 87.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 87.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 88.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Covington city | VA | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 89.5 | Tropical storm |
| Greenville County | SC | 89.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 91.3 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | SC | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 92.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rutherford County | NC | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 95.3 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 96.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell County | NC | 96.6 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | NC | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 97.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | WV | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 99.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | VA | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 99.9 | 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.