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NHC AL081885 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1885

October 10, 1885 – October 14, 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 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,467 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1885 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1885 (AL081885) from October 10, 1885 to October 14, 1885; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 11 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 17 miles from Cross City, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,467 US cities, in 10 states and territories, most in Pennsylvania (319) and Virginia (243). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 38 miles from Inglis, FL; the centre came closest to Sylvania, GA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,467
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
10
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Cities Unnamed 1885 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (92)

and 32 more

Georgia (122)

and 62 more

South Carolina (163)

and 103 more

Pennsylvania (319)

and 259 more

Virginia (243)

and 183 more

North Carolina (234)

and 174 more

Maryland (157)

and 97 more

New York (110)

and 50 more

West Virginia (26)

District of Columbia (1)

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.