Tropical Storm Ana (1985)
Tropical Storm Ana peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between July 15, 1985 and July 19, 1985, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ana, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1985 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- July 15, 1985 to July 19, 1985
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Identifier
- AL011985
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 29.4N 64.2W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 29.7N 64.9W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 30.1N 65.5W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 30.6N 66.1W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 31.3N 66.6W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 32.2N 67.0W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 33.3N 67.2W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 34.4N 67.3W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 35.6N 67.3W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 37.2N 66.8W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 39.1N 65.9W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 40.8N 64.4W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 42.5N 63.5W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 44.2N 60.3W | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 46.0N 57.6W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 48.0N 54.5W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1985
- Hurricane BobNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Hurricane ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Hurricane DannyNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Hurricane ElenaNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Tropical Storm FabianNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Hurricane GloriaNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Tropical Storm HenriNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Tropical Storm IsabelNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Hurricane JuanNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Hurricane KateNorth Atlantic · 1985
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1985
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.