Cyclone Kirsty (1985)
Cyclone Kirsty reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 1, 1985 and March 19, 1985, with a lowest pressure of 920 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Kirsty, 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
- March 1, 1985 to March 19, 1985
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 920 mb (27.17 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 174 km (108 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 22.3
- Identifier
- SH281985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 10.5S 112.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 10.5S 110.6E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 10.5S 110.3E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 10.5S 109.6E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 00:00 | 10.4S 108.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 10.3S 107.7E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 10.2S 106.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 10.1S 106.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 10.1S 105.2E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 06:00 | 10.1S 104.4E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 12:00 | 10.1S 103.6E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 18:00 | 10.2S 102.7E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 00:00 | 10.2S 101.9E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 06:00 | 10.2S 101.3E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 12:00 | 10.2S 100.7E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 18:00 | 10.3S 100.1E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 00:00 | 10.3S 99.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 10.4S 98.7E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 10.5S 97.9E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 10.6S 97.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 10.6S 95.9E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 10.8S 94.8E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 11.4S 93.5E | 30 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 11.7S 92.6E | 40 kt | 988 mb | XX |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 12.0S 91.8E | 45 kt | 986 mb | XX |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 12.4S 91.0E | 50 kt | 982 mb | XX |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 12.8S 90.2E | 55 kt | 978 mb | XX |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 13.2S 89.4E | 65 kt | 975 mb | XX |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 13.5S 88.6E | 75 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 13.6S 87.8E | 85 kt | 966 mb | XX |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 13.6S 86.9E | 95 kt | 954 mb | XX |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 13.8S 86.1E | 100 kt | 950 mb | XX |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 14.2S 85.6E | 105 kt | 941 mb | XX |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 14.7S 85.2E | 105 kt | 920 mb | XX |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 15.2S 84.9E | 110 kt | 920 mb | XX |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 15.9S 84.6E | 110 kt | 920 mb | XX |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 16.5S 84.3E | 115 kt | 920 mb | XX |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 17.1S 84.2E | 115 kt | 923 mb | XX |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 17.7S 84.2E | 115 kt | 941 mb | XX |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 18.3S 84.3E | 110 kt | 947 mb | XX |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 18.9S 84.5E | 105 kt | 954 mb | XX |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 19.3S 84.7E | 100 kt | 963 mb | XX |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 19.7S 85.0E | 90 kt | 971 mb | XX |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 20.2S 85.3E | 80 kt | 976 mb | XX |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 20.6S 85.6E | 75 kt | 976 mb | XX |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 21.0S 85.9E | 70 kt | 976 mb | XX |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 21.4S 86.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | XX |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 21.8S 86.5E | 60 kt | 976 mb | XX |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 22.3S 86.8E | 55 kt | 976 mb | XX |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 22.8S 87.2E | 50 kt | 978 mb | XX |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 23.4S 87.8E | 50 kt | 982 mb | XX |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 23.8S 88.4E | 50 kt | 984 mb | XX |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 24.3S 89.1E | 45 kt | 986 mb | XX |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 25.0S 90.2E | 45 kt | 988 mb | XX |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 25.9S 91.7E | 40 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 26.3S 93.2E | 40 kt | 991 mb | XX |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 26.9S 94.4E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 27.4S 95.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 27.9S 96.6E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 28.4S 97.3E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 28.9S 98.1E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 29.5S 98.9E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 30.2S 99.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 31.0S 100.1E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 32.1S 100.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 33.2S 101.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 33.7S 103.6E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 34.1S 105.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 34.5S 107.5E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 34.7S 110.2E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 18, 12:00 | 34.6S 112.4E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 18, 18:00 | 34.3S 113.1E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Mixed |
| Mar 19, 00:00 | 33.6S 113.0E | 15 kt | 1012 mb | Mixed |
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 HubertSouth 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
- 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.