NHC AL111985 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Isabel (1985)
October 7, 1985 – October 15, 1985
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Isabel peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 70 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Isabel in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Isabel from October 7, 1985 to October 15, 1985; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 10 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 5 miles from Fernandina Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 70 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (52). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 53 miles from South Daytona, FL; the centre came closest to Fernandina Beach, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 70
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
69 mph
when closest
Cities Isabel passed near, strongest first
Florida (52)
- South DaytonaTropical storm · 53 mi
- New Smyrna BeachTropical storm · 56 mi
- EdgewaterTropical storm · 57 mi
- Port OrangeTropical storm · 58 mi
- Oak HillTropical storm · 61 mi
- Lake HelenTropical storm · 70 mi
- MimsTropical storm · 71 mi
- OsteenTropical storm · 71 mi
- DeltonaTropical storm · 73 mi
- Ormond BeachTropical storm · 50 mi
- Daytona BeachTropical storm · 52 mi
- De Leon SpringsTropical storm · 68 mi
- DelandTropical storm · 71 mi
- Flagler BeachTropical storm · 44 mi
- BunnellTropical storm · 52 mi
- PiersonTropical storm · 69 mi
- Palm CoastTropical storm · 45 mi
- Crescent CityTropical storm · 65 mi
- St AugustineTropical storm · 35 mi
- ElktonTropical storm · 43 mi
- HastingsTropical storm · 50 mi
- East PalatkaTropical storm · 55 mi
- PalatkaTropical storm · 59 mi
- SatsumaTropical storm · 63 mi
- Ponte VedraTropical storm · 63 mi
- Pomona ParkTropical storm · 64 mi
- YuleeTropical storm · 12 mi
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 14 mi
- Neptune BeachTropical storm · 15 mi
- Jacksonville BeachTropical storm · 16 mi
- Ponte Vedra BeachTropical storm · 21 mi
- JacksonvilleTropical storm · 25 mi
- CallahanTropical storm · 26 mi
- HilliardTropical storm · 32 mi
- Saint JohnsTropical storm · 34 mi
- Fleming IslandTropical storm · 35 mi
- BrycevilleTropical storm · 35 mi
- Orange ParkTropical storm · 37 mi
- Green Cove SpringsTropical storm · 45 mi
- MiddleburgTropical storm · 46 mi
- MacclennyTropical storm · 49 mi
- SandersonTropical storm · 53 mi
- Glen Saint MaryTropical storm · 54 mi
- LawteyTropical storm · 56 mi
- RaifordTropical storm · 61 mi
- Keystone HeightsTropical storm · 66 mi
- MelroseTropical storm · 69 mi
- InterlachenTropical storm · 69 mi
- Lake ButlerTropical storm · 72 mi
- Fernandina BeachTropical storm · overhead
- StarkeTropical storm · 62 mi
- HamptonTropical storm · 68 mi
Georgia (18)
- Saint MarysTropical storm · 15 mi
- KingslandTropical storm · 22 mi
- WoodbineTropical storm · 27 mi
- WaverlyTropical storm · 35 mi
- St Simons IslandTropical storm · 40 mi
- FolkstonTropical storm · 41 mi
- BrunswickTropical storm · 43 mi
- Saint GeorgeTropical storm · 43 mi
- WaynesvilleTropical storm · 45 mi
- NahuntaTropical storm · 52 mi
- DarienTropical storm · 56 mi
- HortenseTropical storm · 57 mi
- HobokenTropical storm · 59 mi
- TownsendTropical storm · 65 mi
- PattersonTropical storm · 68 mi
- BlackshearTropical storm · 70 mi
- WaycrossTropical storm · 71 mi
- ScrevenTropical storm · 74 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.