Hurricane Kate
Nov 15, 1985 to Nov 23, 1985Peak 121 mph954 mb
Hurricane Kate passed within 50 miles of 119 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Bay County, FL, as a Category 2 on November 21, 1985.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Kate · 1985
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 121 mph, 105 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 954 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 119
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 206
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
- 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.
| Tattnall County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Grady County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Tift County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Thomas County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Colquitt County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | SC | 0.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 0.9 | Category 1 |
| Toombs County | GA | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 1.9 | Category 1 |
| Screven County | GA | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 2.5 | Category 1 |
| Wheeler County | GA | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 4.2 | Category 2 |
| Appling County | GA | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 6.5 | Category 1 |
| Pender County | NC | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 6.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 8.1 | Category 1 |
| Leon County | FL | 9.1 | Category 1 |
| Florence County | SC | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 10.8 | Category 1 |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 11.0 | Category 1 |
| Decatur County | GA | 11.7 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 11.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 13.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 14.0 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | FL | 14.4 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | SC | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 16.4 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 17.1 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | GA | 17.5 | Category 1 |
| Dougherty County | GA | 17.6 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | GA | 18.5 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 20.0 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 21.3 | Category 1 |
| Jenkins County | GA | 21.3 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 21.4 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 22.0 | Category 1 |
| Long County | GA | 22.0 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 24.4 | Category 1 |
| Bladen County | NC | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 27.9 | Category 2 |
| Jones County | NC | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 28.6 | Category 1 |
| Barnwell County | SC | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 31.4 | Category 1 |
| Pulaski County | GA | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 34.3 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 34.6 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 34.7 | Category 1 |
| Clinch County | GA | 35.3 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 36.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 36.2 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 36.4 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 36.5 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | SC | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 37.7 | Category 1 |
| Dare County | NC | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 38.1 | Category 1 |
| Terrell County | GA | 39.1 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | FL | 39.6 | Category 2 |
| Bleckley County | GA | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 43.9 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 47.1 | Category 1 |
| Richland County | SC | 47.4 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 48.2 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 48.7 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | GA | 48.8 | Category 1 |
| Darlington County | SC | 49.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 50.1 | Category 1 |
| Houston County | GA | 50.4 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 51.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 52.3 | Category 1 |
| Lenoir County | NC | 53.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 54.5 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | GA | 55.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 55.8 | Category 1 |
| Geneva County | AL | 55.9 | Category 1 |
| Henry County | AL | 55.9 | Category 1 |
| Lexington County | SC | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 59.3 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 59.7 | Category 1 |
| Schley County | GA | 60.7 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | FL | 61.5 | Category 2 |
| Charlton County | GA | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 63.7 | Category 2 |
| Pitt County | NC | 64.8 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 65.6 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 67.6 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 68.3 | Category 1 |
| Stewart County | GA | 68.4 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 68.8 | Category 1 |
| Glascock County | GA | 69.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 70.1 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | GA | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 71.3 | Category 1 |
| Hoke County | NC | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 73.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 73.4 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 74.5 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | GA | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 76.3 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 78.3 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 78.7 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | GA | 79.0 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 79.8 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | GA | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 80.6 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 82.7 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 83.0 | Category 2 |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 83.1 | Category 2 |
| Fairfield County | SC | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 84.0 | Category 1 |
| Baker County | FL | 85.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 88.0 | Category 2 |
| Lancaster County | SC | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 89.6 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 90.6 | Category 1 |
| Wilson County | NC | 90.8 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 91.5 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | GA | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 91.9 | Category 1 |
| Dixie County | FL | 92.0 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | GA | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 92.1 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 97.5 | Category 1 |
| Muscogee County | GA | 97.8 | Category 1 |
| Currituck County | NC | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 98.5 | 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.