Hurricane Ignacio (1985)
Hurricane Ignacio reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 21, 1985 and July 27, 1985.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Ignacio, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 21, 1985 to July 27, 1985
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 405 km (252 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 15.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- EP091985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 13.2N 134.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 13.2N 135.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 13.3N 136.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 13.3N 137.4W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 13.4N 138.6W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 13.5N 139.6W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 13.7N 140.1W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 13.9N 140.8W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 14.2N 141.6W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 14.4N 142.4W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 14.5N 143.0W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 14.8N 143.8W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 15.1N 144.6W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 15.4N 145.5W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 15.5N 146.5W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 15.6N 147.4W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 15.8N 148.4W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 15.9N 149.5W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 15.9N 150.6W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 15.8N 151.9W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 15.7N 153.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 15.6N 154.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 15.3N 155.4W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 14.9N 156.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 14.3N 158.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1985
- Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane BlancaEastern Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm FefaEastern Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm GuillermoEastern Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm LindaEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm NoraEastern Pacific · 1985
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane PaulineEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane SkipEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane RickEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane SandraEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane TerryEastern Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm VivianEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane WaldoEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane NeleEastern Pacific · 1985
- Hurricane XinaEastern 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.