NHC AL041985 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Danny (1985)
August 12, 1985 – August 20, 1985
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Danny peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 138 US cities, 29 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Danny in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Danny from August 12, 1985 to August 20, 1985; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 15 at 92 mph (Category 1), 30 miles from Gueydan, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 138 US cities, in 4 states, most in Louisiana (121) and Mississippi (11). The strongest pass was 87 mph (Category 1) 70 miles from Franklin, LA; the centre came closest to Jena, LA, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 138
- At hurricane strength
- 29
- States
- 4
92 mph
when closest
Cities Danny passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (121)
- FranklinCategory 1 · 70 mi
- Bell CityCategory 1 · 21 mi
- VintonCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Lake ArthurCategory 1 · 3 mi
- GueydanCategory 1 · 9 mi
- KaplanCategory 1 · 22 mi
- AbbevilleCategory 1 · 33 mi
- SulphurCategory 1 · 43 mi
- Lake CharlesCategory 1 · 33 mi
- WestlakeCategory 1 · 37 mi
- ErathCategory 1 · 39 mi
- DelcambreCategory 1 · 42 mi
- MorseCategory 1 · 8 mi
- IowaCategory 1 · 22 mi
- JeaneretteCategory 1 · 61 mi
- WelshCategory 1 · 12 mi
- MauriceCategory 1 · 31 mi
- New IberiaCategory 1 · 51 mi
- JenningsCategory 1 · 2 mi
- CrowleyCategory 1 · 15 mi
- YoungsvilleCategory 1 · 39 mi
- DequincyCategory 1 · 49 mi
- RayneCategory 1 · 21 mi
- DusonCategory 1 · 28 mi
- BroussardCategory 1 · 41 mi
- IotaTropical storm · 6 mi
- ScottTropical storm · 30 mi
- RagleyTropical storm · 34 mi
- LafayetteTropical storm · 35 mi
- Saint MartinvilleTropical storm · 49 mi
- BasileTropical storm · 2 mi
- EltonTropical storm · 8 mi
- KinderTropical storm · 18 mi
- CarencroTropical storm · 32 mi
- LongvilleTropical storm · 42 mi
- Breaux BridgeTropical storm · 43 mi
- MerryvilleTropical storm · 61 mi
- EuniceTropical storm · 8 mi
- Church PointTropical storm · 21 mi
- SunsetTropical storm · 29 mi
- OberlinTropical storm · 13 mi
- ArnaudvilleTropical storm · 38 mi
- OpelousasTropical storm · 26 mi
- MamouTropical storm · 5 mi
- DeridderTropical storm · 47 mi
- Port BarreTropical storm · 35 mi
- MaringouinTropical storm · 60 mi
- Ville PlatteTropical storm · 10 mi
- OakdaleTropical storm · 11 mi
- WashingtonTropical storm · 26 mi
- Port AllenTropical storm · 75 mi
- PitkinTropical storm · 30 mi
- Saint LandryTropical storm · 7 mi
- Fort PolkTropical storm · 48 mi
- New RoadsTropical storm · 60 mi
- VentressTropical storm · 63 mi
- GlenmoraTropical storm · 13 mi
- BunkieTropical storm · 15 mi
- LeesvilleTropical storm · 50 mi
- New LlanoTropical storm · 52 mi
and 61 more
Texas (5)
- Port ArthurCategory 1 · 74 mi
- GrovesCategory 1 · 73 mi
- OrangeCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Bridge CityCategory 1 · 68 mi
- NewtonTropical storm · 75 mi
Mississippi (11)
- WoodvilleTropical storm · 56 mi
- CentrevilleTropical storm · 72 mi
- GlosterTropical storm · 74 mi
- NatchezTropical storm · 46 mi
- RoxieTropical storm · 62 mi
- MeadvilleTropical storm · 74 mi
- VicksburgTropical storm · 70 mi
- FayetteTropical storm · 58 mi
- LormanTropical storm · 53 mi
- Port GibsonTropical storm · 53 mi
- UticaTropical storm · 67 mi
Arkansas (1)
- Junction CityTropical storm · 75 mi
Other storms of the 1985 season
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.