Storms in Louisiana in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana 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.
Louisiana 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
- 301
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 30
- Damage
- $425,000
- Episodes
- 52
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 | 171 | 0 | 20 | |
| Hail | 106 | 4 | 9 | |
| Tornado | 24 | 0 | 1 | $425,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1985
February 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 11, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 23, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 24, 1985
March 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 20, 1985
- Hail in Louisiana, March 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 30, 1985
April 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 5, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 15, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 22, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 28, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 30, 1985
May 1985
- Hail in Louisiana, May 1, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 8, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 13, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 21, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 22, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 23, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 28, 1985
June 1985
- Hail in Louisiana, June 9, 1985
- Hail in Louisiana, June 10, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 27, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 30, 1985
July 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 2, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 3, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 10, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 16, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 20, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 27, 1985
August 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 1, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 2, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 3, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 7, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 11, 1985
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, August 15, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 19, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 24, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 25, 1985
September 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 3, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 10, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 25, 1985
November 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 27, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 28, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 30, 1985
December 1985
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1985Tornadoes in Louisiana 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.