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NHC AL021985 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Bob (1985)

July 21, 1985 – July 26, 1985

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Bob peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 552 US cities, 29 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Bob in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Bob from July 21, 1985 to July 26, 1985; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 25 at 75 mph (Category 1), 12 miles from Saint Helena Island, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 552 US cities, in 4 states, most in Florida (193) and South Carolina (170). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 20 miles from Tybee Island, GA; the centre came closest to Bowman, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
552
At hurricane strength
29

when closest

States
4
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Cities Bob passed near, strongest first

Florida (193)

and 133 more

Georgia (31)

South Carolina (170)

and 110 more

North Carolina (158)

and 98 more

Other storms of the 1985 season

  • DannyCategory 1 · 138 cities
  • ElenaCategory 3 · 278 cities
  • GloriaCategory 4 · 1,706 cities
  • HenriTropical storm · 657 cities
  • IsabelTropical storm · 70 cities
  • NeleCategory 1 · 2 cities
  • JuanCategory 1 · 418 cities
  • KateCategory 3 · 437 cities

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.