Season Effects
This is a table of the storms in 1985 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low.
| TD | TS | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
| Storm name |
Dates active | Storm category
at peak intensity |
Max wind (mph) |
Min. press. (mbar) |
Landfall(s) | Damage (millions USD) |
Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | When | Wind
(mph) |
||||||||
| Ana | June 15 – June 19 | Tropical storm | 70 | 996 | Sable Island (direct hit, no landfall) | June 18 | 45 | none | 0 | |
| Bob | July 21 – July 26 | Category 1 hurricane | 75 | 1002 | Fort Myers, Florida | July 23 | 45 | 20 | 5 | |
| Beaufort, South Carolina | July 25 | 75 | ||||||||
| Claudette | August 9 – August 16 | Category 1 hurricane | 85 | 980 | none | 400 | 2 | |||
| Danny | August 12 – August 18 | Category 1 hurricane | 90 | 987 | Lake Charles, Louisiana | August 29 | 80 | 100 | 2 (1) | |
| Elena | August 28 – September 4 | Category 3 hurricane | 125 | 953 | Cuba | August 28 | 35 | 1250 | 2 | |
| Biloxi, Mississippi | September 2 | 115 | ||||||||
| Six | September 11 – September 13 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1006 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Fabian | September 15 – September 19 | Tropical storm | 65 | 992 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Gloria | September 16 – September 27 | Category 4 hurricane | 145 | 919 | Cape Hatteras, North Carolina | September 26 | 105 | 900 | 8 | |
| Long Beach, New York | September 26 | 105 | ||||||||
| Henri | September 21 – September 25 | Tropical storm | 70 | 997 | Long Island, New York | September 25 | 40 | Minimal | 0 | |
| Isabel | October 7 – October 15 | Tropical storm | 70 | 997 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | October 7 | 40 | 125 | 180+ | |
| Fernandina Beach, Florida | October 10 | 40 | ||||||||
| Juan | October 26 – November 1 | Category 1 hurricane | 85 | 971 | Morgan City, Louisiana | October 29 | 85 | 1500 | 24 | |
| Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana | October 31 | 60 | ||||||||
| Gulf Shores, Alabama | October 31 | 70 | ||||||||
| Kate | November 15 – November 23 | Category 3 hurricane | 120 | 954 | Cuba | November 19 | 110 | 700 | 15 | |
| Mexico Beach, Florida | November 21 | 90 | ||||||||
| Thirteen | December 7 – December 9 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | none | none | 0 | |||
| Season Aggregates | ||||||||||
| 13 cyclones | July 15 – December 9 | 145 | 919 | 16 landfalls | 4500 | 232 (9) | ||||
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