The 1985 season

Typhoon Faye (1985)

Typhoon Faye reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between October 21, 1985 and November 1, 1985, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Faye, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
October 21, 1985 to November 1, 1985
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.6
Identifier
WP241985

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 21, 00:0010.3N 121.9EDisturbance
Oct 21, 06:0010.3N 123.1EDisturbance
Oct 21, 12:0010.2N 124.2EDisturbance
Oct 21, 18:0010.1N 125.2EDisturbance
Oct 22, 00:0010.2N 126.1EDisturbance
Oct 22, 06:0011.0N 127.2E1006 mbMixed
Oct 22, 12:0011.8N 127.4E1004 mbMixed
Oct 22, 18:0012.3N 126.9E1004 mbMixed
Oct 23, 00:0012.8N 125.9E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0013.5N 124.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0014.1N 124.0E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0014.6N 123.0E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0015.1N 122.2E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0015.8N 121.2E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0016.7N 120.5E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0017.6N 119.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0018.6N 119.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0018.2N 118.5E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0018.0N 118.9E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0018.0N 119.2E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0018.1N 119.5E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0018.5N 120.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0018.8N 120.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0019.1N 121.6E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0019.3N 122.2E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:0019.4N 122.3E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0019.4N 122.5E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 18:0019.5N 122.7E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 00:0019.6N 122.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 06:0019.7N 123.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 12:0019.8N 123.4E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 18:0020.2N 123.8E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 00:0020.6N 124.0E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 06:0021.2N 124.4E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 12:0021.7N 124.8E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 18:0022.3N 125.4E95 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 00:0022.9N 126.0E100 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 06:0023.4N 126.5E95 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 12:0024.1N 127.4E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 18:0024.7N 128.4E85 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 00:0025.4N 129.6E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 06:0025.9N 130.8E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 12:0026.6N 132.3E60 kt994 mbMixed
Oct 31, 18:0027.1N 134.1E55 kt996 mbMixed
Nov 1, 00:0027.6N 135.9E50 kt998 mbMixed
Nov 1, 06:0028.1N 138.0E45 kt1000 mbMixed
Nov 1, 12:0028.3N 140.4E1004 mbMixed
Nov 1, 18:0028.0N 142.0E1008 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.