Storms in North Carolina in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina 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.
North Carolina 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
- 489
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $3.1 million
- Episodes
- 45
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 | 250 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 231 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 8 | 0 | 7 | $3.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1985
March 1985
April 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 5, 1985
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 16, 1985
May 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 12, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 15, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 16, 1985
- Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 21, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 22, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 23, 1985
June 1985
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 3, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 4, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 5, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 7, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 10, 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 11, 1985
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 18, 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 24, 1985
July 1985
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 4, 1985
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 10, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 11, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 12, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 13, 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 16, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 22, 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 25, 1985
August 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 17, 1985
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, August 18, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 21, 1985
- Hail in North Carolina, August 27, 1985
September 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 8, 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 11, 1985
October 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, October 3, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, October 15, 1985
November 1985
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1985Tornadoes in North Carolina 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.