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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1985 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 24 storms · 5 Jun 1985–5 Nov 1985

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY192.6
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1985 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 24 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESMEXICOCUBACHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalAndres: 5 Jun–12 Jun, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormBlanca: 6 Jun–16 Jun, peak 105 kt, Category 3Carlos: 7 Jun–10 Jun, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormDolores: 26 Jun–5 Jul, peak 100 kt, Category 3Enrique: 27 Jun–5 Jul, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormFefa: 2 Jul–6 Jul, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormGuillermo: 7 Jul–12 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormHilda: 18 Jul–20 Jul, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormJimena: 20 Jul–29 Jul, peak 115 kt, Category 4Ignacio: 21 Jul–27 Jul, peak 115 kt, Category 4Kevin: 29 Jul–6 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormLinda: 29 Jul–9 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormMarty: 6 Aug–13 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Nora: 19 Aug–23 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 20 Aug–22 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionOlaf: 22 Aug–31 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Pauline: 27 Aug–9 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Rick: 1 Sep–12 Sep, peak 125 kt, Category 4Sandra: 5 Sep–17 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Terry: 15 Sep–24 Sep, peak 100 kt, Category 3Vivian: 18 Sep–21 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormWaldo: 7 Oct–9 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Nele: 23 Oct–30 Oct, peak 80 kt, Category 1Xina: 25 Oct–5 Nov, peak 100 kt, Category 3

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1985 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Andres–60Tropical storm—1,680
Blanca–105Cat 3—1,880
Carlos–35Tropical storm—320
Dolores–100Cat 3—2,360
Enrique–35Tropical storm—2,080
Fefa–60Tropical storm—850
Guillermo–50Tropical storm—1,580
Hilda–35Tropical storm—530
Jimena–115Cat 4—1,860
Ignacio–115Cat 4—1,440
Kevin–55Tropical storm—1,880
Linda–45Tropical storm—2,170
Marty–65Cat 1—1,510
Nora–40Tropical storm—1,050
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—510
Olaf–75Cat 1—2,050
Pauline–75Cat 1—3,100
Rick–125Cat 4—2,730
Sandra–110Cat 3—2,590
Terry–100Cat 3—1,750
Vivian–35Tropical storm—240
Waldo–90Cat 2—700
Nele–80Cat 1—1,690
Xina–100Cat 3—1,540

24 storms with an IBTrACS 1985 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 5 Jun 1985, last 5 Nov 1985.

Tropical storms23

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes13

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)8

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormRick

125 kt · 144 mph / 232 km/h

Lowest pressureNot recorded

No tropical-stage pressure in the archive

Longest track record13 days

Pauline, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1985 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1985 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 13 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 23 tropical storms, with 8 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1985 Pacific hurricane season?

Rick, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 125 kt (Category 4) on 9 Sept 1985, 06:00 UTC.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1985?

None. No storm in the 1985 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1985 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 5 Jun 1985 and the last on 5 Nov 1985, from 24 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1985 Pacific hurricane season?

Blanca, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 8 Jun 1985, 00:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Eastern Pacific basin for the 1985 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Eastern Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology