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NHC AL041885 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1885

September 17, 1885 – September 23, 1885

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1885 storm peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 301 US cities, 69 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1885 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1885 (AL041885) from September 17, 1885 to September 23, 1885; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 21 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 25 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 301 US cities, in 8 states, most in Florida (102) and Georgia (74). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 28 miles from Nantucket, MA; the centre came closest to Madison, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
301
At hurricane strength
69

when closest

States
8
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Cities Unnamed 1885 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (42)

Maine (27)

Florida (102)

and 42 more

Louisiana (33)

Alabama (12)

Texas (5)

South Carolina (6)

Georgia (74)

and 14 more

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.