Tropical Storm Lindsay (1985)
Tropical Storm Lindsay peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between March 6, 1985 and March 11, 1985, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Lindsay, 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 6, 1985 to March 11, 1985
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.9
- Identifier
- SH291985
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 6, 00:00 | 9.2S 117.6E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 9.5S 117.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 9.8S 117.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 9.9S 118.4E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 9.9S 119.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 10.2S 119.7E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 10.7S 119.2E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 11.0S 118.4E | 40 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 11.4S 117.7E | 45 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 12.3S 117.7E | 35 kt | 979 mb | XX |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 12.8S 118.5E | 40 kt | 976 mb | XX |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 13.5S 119.2E | 45 kt | 963 mb | XX |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 14.4S 119.9E | 50 kt | 957 mb | XX |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 15.5S 120.5E | 55 kt | 950 mb | XX |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 16.8S 121.1E | 55 kt | 956 mb | XX |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 18.1S 121.7E | 55 kt | 962 mb | XX |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 19.1S 122.5E | 50 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 20.0S 123.5E | 45 kt | 976 mb | XX |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 21.8S 124.5E | 40 kt | 984 mb | XX |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 22.9S 125.8E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 24.0S 126.9E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 25.3S 127.6E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 26.9S 128.4E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 28.4S 129.8E | 25 kt | 998 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 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
- Cyclone KirstySouth 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.