Cyclone Odette (1985)
Cyclone Odette reached Category 3 in the South Pacific between January 16, 1985 and January 21, 1985, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Odette, 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 Pacific
- Dates
- January 16, 1985 to January 21, 1985
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 63 km (39 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.0
- Identifier
- SH141985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 14.8S 145.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 14.7S 146.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | XX |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 14.7S 147.6E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | XX |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 14.7S 149.0E | 45 kt | 998 mb | XX |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 14.7S 150.4E | 55 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 14.7S 151.8E | 65 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 15.0S 153.2E | 75 kt | 974 mb | XX |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 15.4S 154.4E | 80 kt | 965 mb | XX |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 15.7S 155.4E | 85 kt | 955 mb | XX |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 15.9S 156.3E | 90 kt | 949 mb | XX |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 16.0S 157.3E | 95 kt | 945 mb | XX |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 16.1S 158.4E | 100 kt | 930 mb | XX |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 16.3S 159.8E | 100 kt | 930 mb | XX |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 16.5S 161.4E | 90 kt | XX | |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 16.7S 163.1E | 85 kt | 970 mb | XX |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 16.9S 164.8E | 75 kt | XX | |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 17.4S 166.6E | 65 kt | 985 mb | XX |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 18.2S 168.4E | 55 kt | XX | |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 19.5S 170.1E | 50 kt | 990 mb | XX |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 20.9S 171.7E | 40 kt | XX | |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 21.4S 173.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | XX |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 21.2S 174.4E | 25 kt | XX |
Other South Pacific storms of 1985
- Cyclone MonicaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm DrenaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone EricSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone NigelSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone FredaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm PierreSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm RebeccaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm GavinSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone HinaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone SandySouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm TanyaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm GretelSouth 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.