1985 was a destructive hurricane season for the United States. A total of 6 hurricanes made landfall in the States. However, 4 of those were destructive. Hurricane Juan was the 3rd of 4 destructive hurricanes in the 1985 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

On October 24th a storm system moved off the Southeast Texas coastline into the Gulf of Mexico. The tail end of this storm system detached itself from the storm system. On October 25th the tail end of this storm system started to develop convection and a broad circulation. Models started to show this low, which as stated had detached itself from the storm system, becoming a tropical system. Due to the warm waters of the Gulf this low started to organize rapidly.

On October 26th the newly formed low was declared a tropical depression with winds up to 30 mph and the low had a closed circulation. The National Hurricane Center forecasted strengthening as the depression started to slowly move northward. On the 27th the depression became a tropical storm and was named Tropical Storm Juan.

On the 28th Juan became a hurricane and due to warm water the National Hurricane Center expected Juan to become stronger possibly at category 2 strength. On the 29th Juan's winds increased to 85 mph making Juan a high end category 1 hurricane. This would be the hurricane's peak. Later that evening Juan made landfall in Louisiana at peak strength.

However, due to a combination of a trough and high pressure Juan did a loop around Louisiana and emerged back over the Gulf as a 65 mph tropical storm. Due to weak steering currents Juan started to move eastward. Due to being partially over warm water Juan did not become a hurricane again. On the other hand it was still able to strengthen slightly making landfall on the Alabama Florida state line as a 70 mph tropical storm on October 31st. The remnants were pulled northward and Juan dissipated on November 1st.

Juan was a destructive hurricane in Louisiana Juan's large sized produced storm surge's that at that time were mostly seen in category 2 hurricanes. It was reported Juan produced a storm surge over 8 feet in certain spots. Juan's slow movement also produced a lot of wind damage in Louisiana and Mississippi. But, Juan did a lot of damage by flooding in Alabama and Pensacola Florida.

Overall, Juan caused 12 deaths mostly due to storm surge and flooding. In addition, Juan caused $1.5 Billion dollars worth of damage. Juan tied Hurricane Elena as being the costliest hurricane from the 1985 season. Speaking of Elena Juan impacted similar areas that had been decimated by Elena two months earlier adding insult to injury.

Despite the damage and tying Elena for most costliest hurricane in the 1985 season. The name Juan was not retired. It is unknown why the US did not request Juan to be retired but requested Elena and Gloria to be retired. However, the name Juan would later be retired but that was due to 2003's Hurricane Juan which did severe damage in Canada.

Juan showed how even non major hurricanes could be dangerous to Louisiana since a lot of the Louisiana coastal cities are below sea level. Juan was a category 1 hurricane but produced a storm surge usually seen in stronger hurricanes.