High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hurricane Kate was the sixth hurricane to hit the United States during the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, tying a record. Forming late in the season, it killed 15 people and caused $530 million (2005 USD) in damage on its long path through Cuba, Florida, and Georgia between November 18 and November 22, 1985. Kate is the latest-forming major hurricane on record in the Atlantic, and is the latest hurricane to strike the United States.