Unnamed tropical storm (1985)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between December 26, 1984 and December 30, 1984.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
- December 26, 1984 to December 30, 1984
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 99 km (62 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Identifier
- SH081985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 11.3S 165.0E | 20 kt | XX | |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 11.5S 165.8E | 20 kt | XX | |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 12.0S 166.4E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 12.8S 166.9E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 13.6S 167.3E | 30 kt | XX | |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 14.4S 167.8E | 30 kt | XX | |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 15.3S 168.3E | 30 kt | XX | |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 16.2S 168.9E | 35 kt | XX | |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 17.1S 169.6E | 40 kt | XX | |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 18.0S 170.6E | 45 kt | XX | |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 18.8S 171.7E | 45 kt | XX | |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 19.5S 172.9E | 45 kt | XX | |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 20.1S 174.2E | 40 kt | XX | |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 20.6S 175.6E | 35 kt | XX | |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 21.1S 177.2E | 25 kt | XX |
Other South Pacific storms of 1985
- Cyclone MonicaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1985
- Tropical Storm DrenaSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone EricSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone NigelSouth Pacific · 1985
- Cyclone OdetteSouth 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.