1885 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL06 1885

Sep 24, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 2, 6:00 PM UTC (8.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 26, 4:00 AM UTC · 29.6°N 89.0°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph
Every track point (37)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1885-09-24 00:00TS26.4°N 87.8°W40—
1885-09-24 06:00TS26.7°N 87.9°W40—
1885-09-24 12:00TS27.0°N 88.0°W40—
1885-09-24 18:00TS27.4°N 88.1°W40—
1885-09-25 00:00TS27.8°N 88.3°W50—
1885-09-25 06:00TS28.2°N 88.4°W50—
1885-09-25 12:00TS28.7°N 88.6°W50—
1885-09-25 18:00TS29.0°N 88.8°W50—
1885-09-26 00:00TS29.3°N 88.9°W60—
1885-09-26 04:00TS29.6°N 89.0°W60—Landfall
1885-09-26 06:00TS29.7°N 89.0°W60—
1885-09-26 12:00TS30.0°N 89.1°W60—
1885-09-26 18:00TS30.2°N 89.0°W60—
1885-09-27 00:00TS30.3°N 88.9°W60—
1885-09-27 06:00TS30.4°N 88.8°W50—
1885-09-27 12:00TS30.5°N 88.6°W50—
1885-09-27 18:00TS30.6°N 88.4°W40—
1885-09-28 00:00TS30.6°N 88.1°W40—
1885-09-28 06:00TS30.6°N 87.8°W40—
1885-09-28 12:00TS30.6°N 87.4°W40—
1885-09-28 18:00TS30.6°N 87.0°W40—
1885-09-29 00:00TD30.6°N 86.5°W30—
1885-09-29 06:00TD30.6°N 86.0°W30—
1885-09-29 12:00TD30.5°N 85.4°W30—
1885-09-29 18:00TD30.4°N 84.8°W30—
1885-09-30 00:00TD30.3°N 84.0°W30—
1885-09-30 06:00TD30.2°N 83.3°W30—
1885-09-30 12:00TD30.2°N 82.8°W30—
1885-09-30 18:00TD30.2°N 81.8°W30—
1885-10-01 00:00TS30.4°N 80.8°W40—
1885-10-01 06:00TS30.7°N 79.6°W40—
1885-10-01 12:00TS31.2°N 78.8°W50—
1885-10-01 18:00TS32.0°N 77.8°W60—
1885-10-02 00:00TS32.9°N 77.0°W60—
1885-10-02 06:00TS33.8°N 76.3°W60—
1885-10-02 12:00HU34.5°N 75.6°W70—
1885-10-02 18:00HU35.5°N 74.1°W70—

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.