Hurricane Blanca (1985)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

June 6, 1985 to June 16, 1985

Peak strength

Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)

Landfall

No; closest approach 416 km (258 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

23.2

Fastest the center moved

11 kt (13 mph)

Identifier

EP021985

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.

• Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm60 kt
• Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 3100 kt
• Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm35 kt
• Tropical Storm FefaEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm60 kt
• Tropical Storm GuillermoEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm50 kt
• Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 4115 kt
• Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 4115 kt
• Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm55 kt
• Tropical Storm LindaEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm45 kt
• Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 165 kt
• Tropical Storm NoraEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm40 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 175 kt
• Hurricane PaulineEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 175 kt
• Hurricane SkipEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 180 kt · 970 mb
• Hurricane RickEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 4125 kt
• Hurricane SandraEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 3110 kt
• Hurricane TerryEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 3100 kt
• Tropical Storm VivianEastern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane WaldoEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 290 kt
• Hurricane NeleEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 180 kt
• Hurricane XinaEastern Pacific · 1985Cat 3100 kt

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.

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.