Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 6–13, 1985
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Marty (1985) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1985 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 6, 1985, 368 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) on August 9, 1985, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 7.0 days and travelled about 1,735 miles (2,792 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.1°N 106.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.7°N 107.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.2°N 108.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.9°N 109.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.4°N 110.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.8°N 111.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 17.2°N 112.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.3°N 112.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 17.3°N 113.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.4°N 113.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.5°N 114.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.6°N 114.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 17.8°N 115.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 18.1°N 116.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.4°N 117.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 18.7°N 117.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 19.0°N 118.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 19.4°N 119.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.9°N 120.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.4°N 121.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.9°N 122.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.4°N 123.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.9°N 124.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.3°N 125.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 23.0°N 126.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.9°N 126.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.8°N 127.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.7°N 127.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.7°N 127.6°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Marty.
At its peak on August 9, 1985, Marty was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h).
7.0 days, from August 6, 1985 to August 13, 1985, including 18 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,735 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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