Hurricane Juan
Oct 26, 1985 to Nov 1, 1985Peak 86 mph971 mb
Hurricane Juan passed within 50 miles of 71 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Cameron Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on October 28, 1985.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Juan · 1985
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 86 mph, 75 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 971 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 71
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 137
- AL, FL, GA, 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.
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chilton County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Clair County | AL | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 10.8 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 11.6 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 12.1 | Category 1 |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 13.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Talladega County | AL | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 15.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 16.2 | Tropical storm |
| Coosa County | AL | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 17.7 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 22.2 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 25.1 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 28.4 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 30.5 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | AL | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 32.6 | Category 1 |
| Marengo County | AL | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | AL | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 33.6 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 33.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 35.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 35.8 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | AL | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 43.5 | Category 1 |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cleburne County | AL | 46.8 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 49.6 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 50.8 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 53.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 53.2 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 54.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | AL | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 56.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 56.8 | Category 1 |
| Choctaw County | AL | 57.4 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 60.6 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | AL | 60.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | AL | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 64.5 | Category 1 |
| Stone County | MS | 65.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 67.0 | Category 1 |
| Chambers County | AL | 67.3 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 70.2 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | AL | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 72.3 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 74.6 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 75.9 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 77.7 | Category 1 |
| Carroll County | GA | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Heard County | GA | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 83.5 | Category 1 |
| Russell County | AL | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 84.4 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | MS | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 84.6 | Category 1 |
| Houston County | AL | 86.4 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Troup County | GA | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kemper County | MS | 88.0 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 89.5 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | FL | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | MS | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 92.1 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 95.7 | Category 1 |
| Washington Parish | LA | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Coweta County | GA | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 97.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 100.0 | 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.