Hurricane Danny
Aug 12, 1985 to Aug 20, 1985Peak 92 mph987 mb
Hurricane Danny passed within 50 miles of 37 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Iberia Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on August 15, 1985.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Danny · 1985
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 37
- LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 70
- AR, LA, MS, TX
- 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.
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richland Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 0.2 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 3.4 | Category 1 |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 11.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 12.6 | Category 1 |
| Winn Parish | LA | 15.1 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 18.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 20.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 21.9 | Category 1 |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 26.4 | Tropical storm |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 29.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 33.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 35.3 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln Parish | LA | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 39.7 | Category 1 |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne County | MS | 40.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bienville Parish | LA | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 49.2 | Category 1 |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 55.8 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 59.9 | Category 1 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Red River Parish | LA | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 62.4 | Category 1 |
| Claiborne Parish | LA | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 67.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 68.4 | Category 1 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 73.7 | Category 1 |
| De Soto Parish | LA | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Webster Parish | LA | 74.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 78.9 | Category 1 |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 83.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bossier Parish | LA | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 84.3 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | AR | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Caddo Parish | LA | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 87.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 88.2 | Category 1 |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TX | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| San Augustine County | TX | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 99.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 99.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 99.6 | 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.