The 1985 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1985)

Unnamed tropical depression was tracked in the Western Pacific between April 20, 1985 and April 30, 1985.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
April 20, 1985 to April 30, 1985
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
No; closest approach 146 km (91 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
1985110N12127

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 20, 00:0012.0N 127.0EDisturbance
Apr 20, 06:0012.6N 126.8EDisturbance
Apr 20, 12:0013.0N 126.7EDisturbance
Apr 20, 18:0013.5N 126.5ETropical storm
Apr 21, 00:0013.5N 126.5ETropical storm
Apr 21, 06:0015.0N 127.0ETropical storm
Apr 21, 12:0016.0N 128.0ETropical storm
Apr 21, 18:0017.0N 129.0ETropical storm
Apr 22, 00:0017.3N 130.4ETropical storm
Apr 22, 06:0017.4N 131.4ETropical storm
Apr 22, 12:0017.6N 132.5ETropical storm
Apr 22, 18:0018.0N 133.9ETropical storm
Apr 23, 00:0018.3N 135.3ETropical storm
Apr 23, 06:0018.6N 136.8ETropical storm
Apr 23, 12:0019.1N 138.2ETropical storm
Apr 23, 18:0019.4N 139.5ETropical storm
Apr 24, 00:0019.5N 140.3ETropical storm
Apr 24, 06:0020.0N 141.0ETropical storm
Apr 24, 12:0021.5N 142.0ETropical storm
Apr 24, 18:0022.8N 143.2ETropical storm
Apr 25, 00:0023.4N 144.5ETropical storm
Apr 25, 06:0024.0N 146.0ETropical storm
Apr 25, 12:0023.8N 146.8ETropical storm
Apr 25, 18:0023.6N 148.0ETropical storm
Apr 26, 00:0023.5N 149.0EExtratropical
Apr 26, 06:0024.5N 149.7EExtratropical
Apr 26, 12:0025.0N 149.5EExtratropical
Apr 26, 18:0026.0N 150.2EExtratropical
Apr 27, 00:0026.5N 149.5EExtratropical
Apr 27, 06:0026.5N 149.5EExtratropical
Apr 27, 12:0025.5N 149.5EExtratropical
Apr 27, 18:0024.7N 150.1EExtratropical
Apr 28, 00:0024.0N 150.4EExtratropical
Apr 28, 06:0023.5N 150.8EExtratropical
Apr 28, 12:0023.0N 151.5EExtratropical
Apr 28, 18:0022.0N 152.5EExtratropical
Apr 29, 00:0021.0N 153.0EExtratropical
Apr 29, 06:0020.0N 153.5EExtratropical
Apr 29, 12:0019.8N 155.3EExtratropical
Apr 29, 18:0020.4N 156.8EExtratropical
Apr 30, 00:0021.3N 158.0EExtratropical
Apr 30, 06:0021.2N 159.3EExtratropical
Apr 30, 12:0021.0N 161.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 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.