Cyclone Freda (1985)
Cyclone Freda reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between January 24, 1985 and January 30, 1985, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Freda, 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
- South Pacific
- Dates
- January 24, 1985 to January 30, 1985
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb (28.20 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1137 km (706 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.7
- Identifier
- SH151985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 14.9S 156.6W | 25 kt | XX | |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 15.3S 156.9W | 30 kt | XX | |
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 15.8S 157.3W | 30 kt | XX | |
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 16.2S 157.8W | 30 kt | XX | |
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 16.7S 158.3W | 30 kt | 997 mb | XX |
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 17.1S 158.9W | 35 kt | XX | |
| Jan 26, 00:00 | 17.6S 159.7W | 35 kt | 997 mb | XX |
| Jan 26, 06:00 | 18.4S 160.6W | 35 kt | XX | |
| Jan 26, 12:00 | 19.3S 161.6W | 35 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 26, 18:00 | 19.9S 162.6W | 35 kt | XX | |
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 20.6S 163.7W | 35 kt | 975 mb | XX |
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 21.3S 164.8W | 40 kt | XX | |
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 22.0S 165.9W | 45 kt | 965 mb | XX |
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 22.8S 167.1W | 50 kt | XX | |
| Jan 28, 00:00 | 23.7S 168.3W | 60 kt | 955 mb | XX |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 24.6S 169.5W | 65 kt | XX | |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 25.7S 170.8W | 75 kt | 960 mb | XX |
| Jan 28, 18:00 | 27.0S 171.7W | 80 kt | XX | |
| Jan 29, 00:00 | 28.4S 172.4W | 75 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 29, 06:00 | 29.6S 172.7W | 70 kt | XX | |
| Jan 29, 12:00 | 30.8S 172.2W | 65 kt | 980 mb | XX |
| Jan 29, 18:00 | 32.4S 170.6W | 60 kt | XX | |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 34.1S 167.9W | 50 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 35.3S 164.6W | 45 kt | XX | |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 36.1S 160.5W | 35 kt | 990 mb | XX |
Other South Pacific storms of 1985
- Cyclone MonicaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm DrenaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone EricSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone NigelSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone OdetteSouth Pacific · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm PierreSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm RebeccaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm GavinSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone HinaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone SandySouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm TanyaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm GretelSouth Pacific · 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.