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NHC AL061885 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1885

September 24, 1885 – October 2, 1885

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1885 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 176 US cities, 7 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1885 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1885 (AL061885) from September 24, 1885 to October 2, 1885; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 26 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 35 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 176 US cities, in 6 states, most in Florida (53) and Alabama (47). The strongest pass was 78 mph (Category 1) 71 miles from Oriental, NC; the centre came closest to Cantonment, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
176
At hurricane strength
7

when closest

States
6
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Cities Unnamed 1885 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (9)

Mississippi (33)

Louisiana (28)

Florida (53)

Alabama (47)

Georgia (6)

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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.