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NHC AL031885 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1885

August 29, 1885 – August 31, 1885

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.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
261
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
6

Cities Unnamed 1885 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (96)

and 36 more

Florida (90)

and 30 more

Alabama (28)

Louisiana (25)

South Carolina (20)

Mississippi (2)

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.