Hurricane Bob
Jul 21, 1985 to Jul 26, 1985Peak 75 mph1002 mb
Hurricane Bob passed within 50 miles of 83 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Chatham County, GA, as a Category 1 on July 25, 1985.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Bob · 1985
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 75 mph, 65 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 83
- FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 153
- FL, GA, NC, SC, TN
- 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.
| Beaufort County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Davidson County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Forsyth County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Rowan County | NC | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 8.1 | Tropical storm |
| Davie County | NC | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 11.6 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | NC | 11.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 14.3 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Yadkin County | NC | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 16.2 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 19.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 19.9 | Category 1 |
| Chester County | SC | 19.9 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| York County | SC | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Iredell County | NC | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 30.7 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Gaston County | NC | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | NC | 32.7 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 32.9 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Catawba County | NC | 34.5 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 35.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | NC | 36.4 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 37.1 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 37.7 | Category 1 |
| Chatham County | NC | 40.1 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 40.4 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | FL | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Alexander County | NC | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 43.8 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 45.5 | Category 1 |
| Scotland County | NC | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | SC | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cleveland County | NC | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 52.2 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 52.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | SC | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 53.7 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | GA | 53.7 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | NC | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 55.0 | Category 1 |
| Hoke County | NC | 55.3 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell County | NC | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 58.7 | Category 1 |
| Burke County | NC | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 60.1 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | SC | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 65.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 65.7 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | GA | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 68.2 | Tropical storm |
| Spartanburg County | SC | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Watauga County | NC | 69.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 70.7 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 71.4 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 71.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 72.9 | Category 1 |
| Cumberland County | NC | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rutherford County | NC | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 74.0 | Category 1 |
| Greenwood County | SC | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 74.8 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 82.6 | Category 1 |
| McDowell County | NC | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Avery County | NC | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 84.3 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | NC | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 88.3 | Category 1 |
| Bladen County | NC | 88.6 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 90.9 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | GA | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 92.8 | Category 1 |
| Greenville County | SC | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 94.3 | Category 1 |
| McDuffie County | GA | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | NC | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Abbeville County | SC | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 96.6 | Category 1 |
| Carter County | TN | 96.6 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 99.4 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 99.8 | 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.