Typhoon Gay (1985)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

May 16, 1985 to May 28, 1985

Peak strength

Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)

Lowest pressure

950 mb (28.05 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 228 km (142 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

10.3

Identifier

WP031985

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 FabianWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm55 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm ElsieWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm40 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Depression FabianWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression
• Typhoon HalWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 3100 kt · 960 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression30 kt · 990 mb
• Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 290 kt · 960 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression
• Typhoon JeffWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 175 kt · 970 mb
• Typhoon KitWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 285 kt · 960 mb
• Tropical Storm LeeWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm60 kt · 975 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression
• Typhoon MamieWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 170 kt · 975 mb
• Typhoon NelsonWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 295 kt · 950 mb
• Typhoon OdessaWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 290 kt · 955 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression
• Typhoon PatWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 295 kt · 955 mb
• Tropical Storm RubyWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon TessWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 175 kt · 970 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm ValWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm50 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm WinonaWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm50 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Depression AndyWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression1006 mb
• Typhoon BrendanWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 290 kt · 955 mb
• Typhoon AndyWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 170 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon CecilWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 3100 kt · 960 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Depression
• Super Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 5150 kt · 895 mb
• Tropical Storm EllisWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm50 kt · 996 mb
• Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 3100 kt · 965 mb
• Tropical Storm GordonWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm45 kt · 998 mb
• Typhoon HopeWestern Pacific · 1985Cat 3100 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm IrvingWestern Pacific · 1985Tropical Storm60 kt · 992 mb

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.