The 1986 season

Tropical Storm Georgia (1986)

Tropical Storm Georgia peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between October 14, 1986 and October 23, 1986, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Georgia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1986 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
October 14, 1986 to October 23, 1986
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.4
Identifier
WP211986

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
Oct 14, 00:009.0N 141.0EDisturbance
Oct 14, 06:009.1N 139.6EDisturbance
Oct 14, 12:009.2N 138.3EDisturbance
Oct 14, 18:009.3N 137.0EDisturbance
Oct 15, 00:009.3N 135.9EDisturbance
Oct 15, 06:009.3N 135.1EDisturbance
Oct 15, 12:009.4N 134.3EDisturbance
Oct 15, 18:009.5N 133.4EDisturbance
Oct 16, 00:009.6N 132.5EDisturbance
Oct 16, 06:009.8N 131.9EDisturbance
Oct 16, 12:0010.0N 131.4ETropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0010.3N 130.9ETropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0010.5N 130.4ETropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0010.6N 129.9E1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0010.7N 129.3E998 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0010.9N 128.8E994 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0011.2N 128.2E992 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0011.5N 127.3E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0012.0N 126.2E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0012.3N 125.2E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0012.5N 124.2E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0012.8N 123.0E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0013.1N 121.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0013.2N 119.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0013.4N 118.1E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0013.7N 117.1E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0014.0N 115.9E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0014.1N 114.6E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0014.3N 113.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0014.5N 111.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0014.9N 110.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0015.2N 108.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0015.4N 107.9E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0015.8N 106.8E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0016.2N 105.5E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0016.3N 104.2E15 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0016.3N 102.8E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0016.6N 102.5E1006 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1986

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.