Tropical Storm Hubert (1985)
Tropical Storm Hubert peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between February 10, 1985 and February 19, 1985, with a lowest pressure of 954 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Hubert, 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 Indian
- Dates
- February 10, 1985 to February 19, 1985
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 954 mb (28.17 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.3
- Identifier
- SH201985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 14.2S 129.0E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 14.2S 128.5E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 14.3S 127.9E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 14.4S 127.2E | 20 kt | 998 mb | XX |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 14.4S 126.7E | 20 kt | 997 mb | XX |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 14.4S 126.0E | 25 kt | 996 mb | XX |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 14.5S 125.2E | 25 kt | 995 mb | XX |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 14.6S 124.3E | 30 kt | 993 mb | XX |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 14.8S 123.5E | 30 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 15.0S 122.6E | 35 kt | 987 mb | XX |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 15.4S 121.6E | 40 kt | 984 mb | XX |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 15.8S 120.4E | 45 kt | 976 mb | XX |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 16.0S 119.2E | 50 kt | 973 mb | XX |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 16.2S 117.8E | 55 kt | 969 mb | XX |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 16.5S 116.3E | 55 kt | 962 mb | XX |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 16.8S 114.6E | 55 kt | 954 mb | XX |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 17.2S 112.8E | 55 kt | 954 mb | XX |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 17.7S 111.0E | 55 kt | 956 mb | XX |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 18.2S 109.2E | 55 kt | 959 mb | XX |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 18.7S 107.4E | 55 kt | 961 mb | XX |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 19.2S 105.6E | 55 kt | 963 mb | XX |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 19.6S 103.7E | 50 kt | 964 mb | XX |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 19.9S 101.8E | 45 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 19.9S 99.9E | 40 kt | 978 mb | XX |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 19.3S 98.0E | 40 kt | 981 mb | XX |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 18.6S 96.2E | 35 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 18.4S 94.6E | 35 kt | 986 mb | XX |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 18.4S 93.1E | 30 kt | 987 mb | XX |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 18.5S 91.6E | 30 kt | 988 mb | XX |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 18.6S 90.3E | 25 kt | 988 mb | XX |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 18.9S 89.3E | 25 kt | 989 mb | XX |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 19.2S 88.2E | 20 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 19.2S 87.2E | 20 kt | 992 mb | XX |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 19.0S 86.1E | 20 kt | 993 mb | XX |
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 19.2S 84.9E | 35 kt | 995 mb | XX |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 19.2S 84.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 19.9S 83.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 20.5S 82.0E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1985
- Tropical Storm AnetySouth Indian · 1985
- Tropical Storm BobalahySouth Indian · 1985
- Tropical Storm EmmaSouth Indian · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1985
- Cyclone FrankSouth Indian · 1985
- Cyclone CelestinaSouth Indian · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1985
- Cyclone DitraSouth Indian · 1985
- Tropical Storm GertieSouth Indian · 1985
- Tropical Storm EsiteraSouth Indian · 1985
- Tropical Storm EsiteraSouth Indian · 1985
- Tropical Storm IsobelSouth Indian · 1985
- Cyclone GerimenaSouth Indian · 1985
- Tropical Storm FeliksaSouth Indian · 1985
- Cyclone JacobSouth Indian · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1985
- Cyclone KirstySouth Indian · 1985
- Tropical Storm LindsaySouth Indian · 1985
- Cyclone HelisaoninaSouth Indian · 1985
- Cyclone MargotSouth Indian · 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.