1885 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1885

Aug 21, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 28, 6:00 PM UTC (7.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
958 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Aug 25, 12:00 PM UTC · 32.6°N 80.1°W · Hurricane · 105 mph · 970 mb
Every track point (32)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1885-08-21 00:00TS21.2°N 67.0°W40—
1885-08-21 06:00TS21.2°N 68.4°W40—
1885-08-21 12:00TS21.4°N 69.8°W40—
1885-08-21 18:00TS21.5°N 71.4°W40—
1885-08-22 00:00TS21.7°N 72.5°W50—
1885-08-22 06:00TS22.0°N 73.8°W50—
1885-08-22 12:00TS22.2°N 75.1°W50—
1885-08-22 18:00TS22.6°N 76.3°W50—
1885-08-23 00:00TS23.0°N 77.1°W60—
1885-08-23 06:00TS23.5°N 78.0°W60—
1885-08-23 12:00TS24.2°N 78.6°W60—
1885-08-23 18:00TS25.1°N 79.1°W60—
1885-08-24 00:00HU26.1°N 79.5°W70—
1885-08-24 06:00HU27.0°N 79.9°W70—
1885-08-24 12:00HU28.3°N 80.3°W80—
1885-08-24 18:00HU29.4°N 80.6°W90—
1885-08-25 00:00HU30.4°N 80.8°W90—
1885-08-25 06:00HU31.4°N 80.7°W90—
1885-08-25 12:00HU32.6°N 80.1°W90970Landfall
1885-08-25 18:00HU33.8°N 78.9°W80—
1885-08-26 00:00HU35.0°N 76.9°W70—
1885-08-26 06:00HU36.0°N 74.8°W70—
1885-08-26 12:00HU37.0°N 72.0°W80—
1885-08-26 18:00HU38.4°N 67.9°W80—
1885-08-27 00:00HU40.4°N 62.9°W90958
1885-08-27 06:00HU42.5°N 57.8°W90—
1885-08-27 12:00HU44.3°N 53.5°W80—
1885-08-27 18:00HU46.0°N 50.0°W80—
1885-08-28 00:00EX47.5°N 46.5°W70—
1885-08-28 06:00EX48.9°N 43.0°W70—
1885-08-28 12:00EX50.0°N 40.0°W60—
1885-08-28 18:00EX51.0°N 37.0°W60—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.