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NHC AL031885 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1885

August 29, 1885 – August 31, 1885

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1885 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 261 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1885 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1885 (AL031885) from August 29, 1885 to August 31, 1885; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 30 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 8 miles from Panama City, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 261 US cities, in 6 states, most in Georgia (96) and Florida (90). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 5 miles from Panama City, FL; the centre came closest to Nahunta, GA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
261
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
6
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Cities Unnamed 1885 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (90)

and 30 more

Alabama (28)

Louisiana (25)

Mississippi (2)

Georgia (96)

and 36 more

South Carolina (20)

Other storms of the 1885 season

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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.