Storms in Arkansas in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas 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.
Arkansas 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
- 283
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 21
- Damage
- $53 million
- Episodes
- 55
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 | 150 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 121 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 3 | 19 | $53 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1985
March 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 3, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 4, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 26, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 27, 1985
- Hail in Arkansas, March 29, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 30, 1985
April 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 22, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 27, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 30, 1985
May 1985
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 1, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 13, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 20, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 28, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 29, 1985
June 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 3, 1985
- Hail in Arkansas, June 4, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 6, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 10, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 17, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 25, 1985
- Hail in Arkansas, June 30, 1985
July 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 1, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 2, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 3, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, July 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 10, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 16, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 17, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 21, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 30, 1985
August 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 1, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 4, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 7, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 9, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 10, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 11, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 17, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 19, 1985
September 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 8, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 9, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 25, 1985
October 1985
November 1985
- Hail in Arkansas, November 13, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, November 18, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 19, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 26, 1985
December 1985
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1985Tornadoes in Arkansas 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.