Alabama

Storms in Alabama in 1985

335 events in 49 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1985, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.

Alabama in 1985 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over Alabama

The year

Events
335
Deaths
4
Injuries
49
Damage
$23 million
Episodes
49

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind22614
Hail6100
Tornado48345$23 million

Every episode, month by month

January 1985

February 1985

March 1985

April 1985

May 1985

June 1985

July 1985

August 1985

September 1985

October 1985

November 1985

December 1985

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.