User:Tfmbty/1985 Pacific typhoon season
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Tfmbty/1985 Pacific typhoon season | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | January 4, 1985 |
Last system dissipated | December 23, 1985 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | Dot |
• Maximum winds | 305 km/h (190 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
• Lowest pressure | 890 hPa (mbar) |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total depressions | 57 |
Total storms | 28 |
Typhoons | 15 |
Super typhoons | 1 |
Total fatalities | 1,355 |
Total damage | > $243.1 million (1985 USD) |
Related articles | |
Pacific typhoon seasons 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 |
The 1985 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1985, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.
A total of 29 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 28 became tropical storms. 17 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which one typhoon reached super typhoon strength. The strongest cyclone of the season, Dot, reached category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale to the east of the Philippines. Typhoon Cecil was the deadliest storm of the season, accounting for nearly half of the deaths from western Pacific tropical cyclones in 1985.