Hurricane Gloria
Sep 16, 1985 to Oct 2, 1985Peak 144 mph920 mb
Hurricane Gloria passed within 50 miles of 84 counties in 12 states. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a Category 2 on September 27, 1985.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Gloria · 1985
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 144 mph, 125 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 920 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 84
- CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VA, VT
- Counties within 100 miles
- 173
- CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT
- 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.
| Franklin County | MA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oxford County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Haven County | CT | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Hartford County | CT | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Merrimack County | NH | 1.2 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk County | NY | 2.5 | Category 1 |
| Worcester County | MA | 2.6 | Category 1 |
| Fairfield County | CT | 3.4 | Category 1 |
| Coos County | NH | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 5.4 | Category 2 |
| Litchfield County | CT | 5.9 | Category 1 |
| Hampshire County | MA | 5.9 | Category 1 |
| Grafton County | NH | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Belknap County | NH | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | NY | 6.5 | Category 1 |
| Hampden County | MA | 6.8 | Category 1 |
| Cheshire County | NH | 8.7 | Category 1 |
| Sullivan County | NH | 8.9 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 14.0 | Category 2 |
| Cumberland County | ME | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 14.8 | Category 1 |
| Berkshire County | MA | 16.2 | Category 1 |
| Strafford County | NH | 16.2 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | VT | 16.9 | Category 1 |
| Ocean County | NJ | 18.6 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | CT | 19.3 | Category 1 |
| York County | ME | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Atlantic County | NJ | 22.0 | Category 1 |
| Westchester County | NY | 22.6 | Category 1 |
| Queens County | NY | 22.6 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 22.9 | Category 2 |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 23.2 | Category 1 |
| Rockingham County | NH | 23.8 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | MA | 25.9 | Category 1 |
| Currituck County | NC | 26.4 | Category 2 |
| Putnam County | NY | 26.9 | Category 1 |
| Burlington County | NJ | 27.1 | Category 1 |
| Androscoggin County | ME | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| New London County | CT | 27.8 | Category 1 |
| Kings County | NY | 28.0 | Category 1 |
| Cape May County | NJ | 29.1 | Category 1 |
| Bronx County | NY | 29.3 | Category 1 |
| Worcester County | MD | 29.9 | Category 2 |
| Sussex County | DE | 29.9 | Category 2 |
| Kennebec County | ME | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Windsor County | VT | 30.0 | Category 1 |
| Windham County | CT | 30.2 | Category 1 |
| Dutchess County | NY | 31.4 | Category 1 |
| Accomack County | VA | 32.3 | Category 2 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 32.7 | Category 2 |
| Bennington County | VT | 34.5 | Category 1 |
| New York County | NY | 34.6 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | VT | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 34.8 | Category 2 |
| Columbia County | NY | 37.3 | Category 1 |
| Hudson County | NJ | 38.4 | Category 1 |
| Bergen County | NJ | 38.4 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | VT | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 39.4 | Category 2 |
| Richmond County | NY | 39.5 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | MA | 39.8 | Category 1 |
| Cumberland County | NJ | 41.3 | Category 1 |
| Rockland County | NY | 41.5 | Category 1 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 42.1 | Category 2 |
| Middlesex County | NJ | 42.1 | Category 1 |
| Providence County | RI | 43.6 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | NJ | 43.6 | Category 1 |
| Wicomico County | MD | 43.8 | Category 2 |
| Union County | NJ | 44.3 | Category 1 |
| Caledonia County | VT | 44.8 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 45.5 | Category 2 |
| Passaic County | NJ | 45.8 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | NJ | 47.3 | Category 1 |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NY | 47.6 | Category 1 |
| Rutland County | VT | 48.2 | Category 1 |
| Mercer County | NJ | 48.4 | Category 1 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 48.7 | Category 2 |
| Somerset County | MD | 49.1 | Category 2 |
| Norfolk County | MA | 49.7 | Category 1 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 49.9 | Category 2 |
| Rensselaer County | NY | 50.3 | Category 1 |
| Waldo County | ME | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 52.1 | Category 2 |
| Ulster County | NY | 52.4 | Category 1 |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 52.6 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | NC | 52.7 | Category 2 |
| Kent County | RI | 53.4 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 54.6 | Category 2 |
| Somerset County | NJ | 54.6 | Category 1 |
| Morris County | NJ | 54.9 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | RI | 56.1 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | NY | 56.8 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | NY | 56.8 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 56.9 | Category 2 |
| Kent County | DE | 57.8 | Category 2 |
| Lincoln County | ME | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Salem County | NJ | 58.9 | Category 1 |
| Orleans County | VT | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | VT | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bucks County | PA | 59.7 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk County | MA | 60.0 | Category 1 |
| Chowan County | NC | 60.3 | Category 2 |
| Bristol County | MA | 60.3 | Category 1 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 62.1 | Category 2 |
| Albany County | NY | 63.7 | Category 1 |
| Knox County | ME | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hunterdon County | NJ | 65.8 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | MD | 65.9 | Category 2 |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 66.5 | Category 2 |
| Caroline County | MD | 67.3 | Category 2 |
| Gates County | NC | 68.2 | Category 2 |
| Sussex County | NJ | 68.5 | Category 1 |
| Philadelphia County | PA | 68.5 | Category 1 |
| Plymouth County | MA | 69.9 | Category 1 |
| Addison County | VT | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Saratoga County | NY | 70.6 | Category 1 |
| Hampton city | VA | 70.8 | Category 2 |
| Bristol County | RI | 72.1 | Category 1 |
| Sullivan County | NY | 72.1 | Category 1 |
| Poquoson city | VA | 72.3 | Category 2 |
| Bertie County | NC | 73.5 | Category 2 |
| Lamoille County | VT | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | PA | 73.8 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk city | VA | 73.8 | Category 2 |
| Delaware County | PA | 74.2 | Category 1 |
| Mathews County | VA | 74.6 | Category 2 |
| Martin County | NC | 75.1 | Category 2 |
| New Castle County | DE | 75.9 | Category 1 |
| Newport County | RI | 76.0 | Category 1 |
| Newport News city | VA | 76.7 | Category 2 |
| Jones County | NC | 77.0 | Category 2 |
| Schenectady County | NY | 77.5 | Category 1 |
| York County | VA | 77.8 | Category 2 |
| Gloucester County | VA | 77.9 | Category 2 |
| Hertford County | NC | 78.7 | Category 2 |
| Onslow County | NC | 79.4 | Category 2 |
| Warren County | NJ | 79.9 | Category 1 |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 80.1 | Category 2 |
| Lancaster County | VA | 80.3 | Category 2 |
| Talbot County | MD | 80.4 | Category 2 |
| Middlesex County | VA | 80.7 | Category 2 |
| Schoharie County | NY | 81.0 | Category 1 |
| Northumberland County | VA | 82.4 | Category 2 |
| Chittenden County | VT | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 84.1 | Category 1 |
| Warren County | NY | 84.7 | Category 1 |
| Pike County | PA | 85.5 | Category 1 |
| Kent County | MD | 85.9 | Category 1 |
| Delaware County | NY | 86.8 | Category 1 |
| Chester County | PA | 86.9 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | VT | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 88.5 | Category 2 |
| Cecil County | MD | 89.0 | Category 1 |
| Pitt County | NC | 89.2 | Category 2 |
| Essex County | NY | 90.3 | Category 1 |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 90.6 | Category 2 |
| Northampton County | PA | 92.5 | Category 1 |
| Surry County | VA | 93.0 | Category 2 |
| Montgomery County | NY | 93.0 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | PA | 93.5 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 94.0 | Category 2 |
| Fulton County | NY | 95.5 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | VA | 95.8 | Category 2 |
| Southampton County | VA | 95.9 | Category 2 |
| Lehigh County | PA | 97.4 | Category 1 |
| Franklin city | VA | 97.6 | Category 2 |
| King and Queen County | VA | 97.8 | Category 2 |
| Calvert County | MD | 98.6 | Category 2 |
| Pender County | NC | 99.6 | Category 2 |
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.