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NHC AL081885 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1885

October 10, 1885 – October 14, 1885

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1885 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,468 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,468
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
11

Cities Unnamed 1885 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (319)

and 259 more

Virginia (243)

and 183 more

North Carolina (234)

and 174 more

South Carolina (163)

and 103 more

Maryland (157)

and 97 more

Georgia (122)

and 62 more

New York (110)

and 50 more

Florida (92)

and 32 more

West Virginia (26)

BC (1)

District of Columbia (1)

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.