1985 NATL (WMHB CoveIsYes) was an average season in terms of systems and named storms with 14 but extremely hyperactive in terms of hurricanes with 11 and major hurricane with 7 and 4 C5s. The strongest of the season was Ida, peaking at 200mph just north of the Bahamas before impacting the US as a C5 and C4, it was also the deadliest with 5,710, Elena was the costliest of the season causing $13,4Bn. In total 1985 had 180 ACE units.

1985 WMHB Timeline

The season started on mid-july with Ana, intensifying into a C1 2 times before becoming extratropical. Later on the month (Late-July) Bob formed and made landfall on FL as a C1, and then impacted the Georgia-South Carolina border as a high-end C2. Activity resumed on mid-august when Claudette and Danny formed, the first peaking out the sea as a C4 before dissipating just north of the Azores. Danny formed in the Caribbean, it made landfall on Cuba as a C1, later entered into the GOM and rapidly intensified into a C5, becoming the 1st of 4, it weakened into a C4 due to an EWRC before re-intensifying into a C5 and made landfall on LA maintaining that intensity, it weakened inland before becoming EX, regenerating into an SS for 12hrs before becoming EX again. On Late August, Elena formed just before making landfall on Cuba as an TD, intensifying inland into a TS, entered the GOM and intensified into the 2nd C5, peaking with 180mph before slaming near Biloxi, MS as a 160mph C5 and dissipating inland persisting into SEP.

In September formed Frederic, Gloria, Henri, Ida and Juan, the first 2 coexisted on early September with Frederic peaking as a low-end C1 and Gloria being a low-end TS making landfall on Granada as a TD. Both dissipated without causing damages. On Mid-September Henri formed just north of the Caribbean and peaked into a C1 before dissipating out the sea, it coexisted with Ida. Ida formed near Cape Verde and stayed as a weak TS in early stages of his life, it intensified into a HU near the Caribbean moving north of it and rapidly-intensified into a 200mph C5 before weakening and slamming NC as a C5, and then impacting NorthEast Coast of US as a C4, it coexisted with Juan. Juan formed just off the East Coast of US before impacting as a TS those places.

In Late Season we had Kaja, Larry, Mindy and Nicholas, Kaja formed on the Caribbean on October and made landfall on Dominican Republic as a weak TS. It exited into the Atlantic Ocean, intensified into a 150mph C4 before making landfall near Jacksonville as a weaker intensity. On Late October, Larry formed in the GOM, it had an erratic path as at same time it intensified into a C3 before making landfall on LA at peak. Later in late-November, Mindy formed just north of PR before affecting the Bahamas as a C1 and later making landfall on Cuba as a C2, it entered into the GOM where it rapidly intensified into the 4th C5 of the season, weakening due to an EWRC and the re-intensifying into a C5 prior to landfall on FL Panhandle. It weakened inland and stroke NC as a TS before dissipating on the Atlantic. Nicholas the final storm of the season formed in Dec, just north of Panama, where it stayed weak before dissipating without causing nothing.
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