Hurricane Gloria
Timeline
Hurricane Gloria was an Atlantic tropical cyclone in September 1985. The storm was the first major storm to affect Long Island and New York directly since Hurricane Donna 25 years before.
The storm started as a tropical depression on September 16; it became Tropical Storm Gloria on September 17.
On September 18, it weakened back to a tropical depression. Two days later, it became a tropical storm again.
After being a weak tropical cyclone for several days, on September 22, Gloria became a hurricane. It quickly became stronger on September 24; the next day, its winds peaked at 145 mph. A 2008 reanalysis later found the winds had been even stronger.
On September 27, the hurricane struck eastern North Carolina as a Category 2 storm. It then moved up the East Coast of the United States. Later that day, the storm struck western Long Island, with winds of 85 mph. One hour after striking Long Island, it hit near Westport, Connecticut.
Gloria moved northeast through Atlantic Canada.
Damages
Damage from the storm was $900 million.
The death toll from the storm was fourteen.
Naming
The name Gloria was later retired and replaced with Grace.
References
Hurricanes in New York (state)
Hurricanes in New England
Hurricanes in North Carolina
Hurricanes in Virginia
1980s in North Carolina
1985 in New York (state)
1985 in Canada
Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes
Retired tropical cyclone names
1980s in weather