Storms in Alabama in 1985
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 226 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hail | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 48 | 3 | 45 | $23 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1985
February 1985
March 1985
April 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 5, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 15, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 24, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 28, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 30, 1985
May 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 1, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 2, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 7, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 8, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 21, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 22, 1985
June 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, June 7, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 9, 1985
- Hail in Alabama, June 10, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 17, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 25, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 26, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 27, 1985
July 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 1, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 2, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 5, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 10, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 11, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 15, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 16, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 22, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 1985
August 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 1, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 16, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 24, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 25, 1985
September 1985
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 2, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, September 23, 1985
October 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, October 15, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, October 28, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 29, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 31, 1985
November 1985
December 1985
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1985Tornadoes in Alabama in 198519841986
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.