Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 9–17, 1985
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Claudette (1985) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1985 Atlantic season. It formed on August 9, 1985, 50 mi SSE of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb on August 15, 1985, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 7.3 days and travelled about 3,484 miles (5,605 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah, Georgia | 54 mi | Aug 9 · 18:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 70 mi | Aug 9 · 22:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1013 mb | 31.5°N 80.5°W | 45 mi SE of Wilmington Island, Georgia |
| Aug 10 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 32.0°N 79.0°W | 74 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Aug 10 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 32.5°N 77.5°W | 115 mi SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Aug 10 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 33.0°N 76.5°W | 113 mi SE of Masonboro, North Carolina |
| Aug 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 33.5°N 75.3°W | 132 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Aug 11 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 34.0°N 74.0°W | 176 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Aug 11 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 34.3°N 72.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 34.5°N 71.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 34.7°N 70.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 34.8°N 69.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 34.7°N 67.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 34.5°N 66.4°W | 178 mi NNW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Aug 12 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 34.4°N 64.9°W | 145 mi N of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Aug 13 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 34.5°N 63.2°W | 178 mi NNE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Aug 13 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 35.1°N 61.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 991 mb | 35.5°N 59.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 35.3°N 57.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 35.1°N 55.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 988 mb | 35.2°N 52.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 35.3°N 50.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 35.5°N 47.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 985 mb | 35.6°N 45.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 981 mb | 35.7°N 42.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 35.8°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 981 mb | 36.4°N 37.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 37.5°N 34.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 39.2°N 31.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 40.7°N 28.7°W | 162 mi NNW of Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal |
| Aug 16 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 42.6°N 25.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 17 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 44.5°N 22.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Claudette. Its closest approach to a major city was 54 miles from Savannah, Georgia.
At its peak on August 15, 1985, Claudette was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 980 mb.
7.3 days, from August 9, 1985 to August 17, 1985, including 42 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,484 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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