Typhoon Hope (1985)

Typhoon Hope reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between December 13, 1985 and December 25, 1985, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Hope, 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: December 13, 1985 to December 25, 1985
Peak strength: Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure: 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 179 km (111 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 13.0
Identifier: WP271985

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
Dec 13, 00:00	7.0N 155.0E			Disturbance
Dec 13, 06:00	6.6N 153.9E			Disturbance
Dec 13, 12:00	6.3N 152.7E			Disturbance
Dec 13, 18:00	6.1N 151.4E			Disturbance
Dec 14, 00:00	5.9N 149.9E			Disturbance
Dec 14, 06:00	5.9N 148.2E			Disturbance
Dec 14, 12:00	6.1N 146.5E			Disturbance
Dec 14, 18:00	6.7N 144.7E			Disturbance
Dec 15, 00:00	7.4N 143.2E			Disturbance
Dec 15, 06:00	7.7N 142.5E			Disturbance
Dec 15, 12:00	7.9N 142.1E			Disturbance
Dec 15, 18:00	8.2N 141.5E			Disturbance
Dec 16, 00:00	8.5N 141.0E			Disturbance
Dec 16, 06:00	8.7N 140.8E			Disturbance
Dec 16, 12:00	8.8N 140.6E			Disturbance
Dec 16, 18:00	9.0N 140.4E			Disturbance
Dec 17, 00:00	9.2N 140.0E	20 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 06:00	9.4N 139.4E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 12:00	9.7N 138.8E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 18:00	10.1N 138.3E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 00:00	10.4N 137.8E	40 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 06:00	10.7N 137.3E	50 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 12:00	11.2N 136.9E	55 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 18:00	11.6N 136.7E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 00:00	12.1N 136.5E	65 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 06:00	12.7N 136.1E	65 kt	965 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 12:00	13.4N 135.6E	75 kt	965 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 18:00	13.6N 134.9E	85 kt	960 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 00:00	13.7N 133.6E	95 kt	960 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 06:00	13.6N 132.4E	100 kt	950 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 12:00	13.7N 131.3E	100 kt	955 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 18:00	13.7N 130.2E	90 kt	960 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 00:00	13.8N 129.2E	85 kt	965 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 06:00	13.8N 128.2E	75 kt	965 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 12:00	13.9N 127.2E	65 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 18:00	14.4N 126.3E	65 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 00:00	15.1N 125.8E	65 kt	970 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 06:00	15.9N 125.7E	65 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 12:00	16.7N 125.7E	65 kt	975 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 22, 18:00	17.4N 126.1E	65 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 00:00	18.1N 126.6E	70 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 06:00	18.7N 127.2E	75 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 12:00	19.1N 128.8E	70 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 23, 18:00	18.5N 130.2E	60 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 24, 00:00	18.2N 130.8E	50 kt	1000 mb	Mixed
Dec 24, 06:00	18.0N 131.5E		1008 mb	Mixed
Dec 24, 12:00	18.2N 131.9E		1010 mb	Mixed
Dec 24, 18:00	18.4N 131.6E		1010 mb	Mixed
Dec 25, 00:00	18.3N 131.0E		1012 mb	Mixed
Dec 25, 06:00	17.9N 130.5E		1012 mb	Mixed
Dec 25, 12:00	17.6N 129.8E		1012 mb	Extratropical
Dec 25, 18:00	17.5N 129.0E		1012 mb	Extratropical

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.