Tropical Storm Fabian (1985)
Tropical Storm Fabian peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between September 15, 1985 and September 19, 1985, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Fabian, 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
- September 15, 1985 to September 19, 1985
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 350 km (217 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Identifier
- AL081985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 23.6N 70.8W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 24.0N 70.1W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 24.5N 69.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 25.1N 68.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 26.0N 66.5W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 26.7N 64.8W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 27.3N 63.1W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 28.1N 61.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 28.9N 59.8W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 29.7N 58.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 30.2N 56.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 30.8N 54.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 31.1N 52.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 31.5N 50.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 31.8N 47.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 32.1N 42.5W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1985
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 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
- 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.