Unnamed tropical storm (1985)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between February 18, 1985 and February 21, 1985.
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 Indian
- Dates
- February 18, 1985 to February 21, 1985
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 2042 km (1269 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Identifier
- SH251985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 12:00 | 11.8S 75.7E | 30 kt | XX | |
| Feb 18, 18:00 | 12.2S 76.7E | 35 kt | XX | |
| Feb 19, 00:00 | 12.7S 77.6E | 35 kt | XX | |
| Feb 19, 06:00 | 13.2S 78.4E | 35 kt | XX | |
| Feb 19, 12:00 | 13.7S 79.1E | 35 kt | XX | |
| Feb 19, 18:00 | 14.3S 79.9E | 35 kt | XX | |
| Feb 20, 00:00 | 15.1S 80.8E | 30 kt | XX | |
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 16.0S 81.9E | 30 kt | XX | |
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 16.9S 83.3E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 17.7S 84.9E | 25 kt | XX | |
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 18.5S 86.7E | 25 kt | XX |
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
- Cyclone KirstySouth 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.