Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 27 – September 9, 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 Pauline (1985) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1985 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 27, 1985, 195 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on September 5, 1985, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 13.0 days and travelled about 3,556 miles (5,722 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 15.8°N 104.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 15.5°N 105.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.8°N 105.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.9°N 106.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.1°N 106.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.8°N 107.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.6°N 108.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.6°N 109.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.6°N 110.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.9°N 111.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.0°N 112.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.4°N 113.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.7°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.9°N 115.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.0°N 116.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.1°N 117.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.0°N 119.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.9°N 119.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.9°N 120.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.0°N 121.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.1°N 122.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.3°N 123.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.5°N 124.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.8°N 125.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.2°N 126.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.5°N 127.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.8°N 128.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.2°N 130.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.7°N 130.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.1°N 132.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.3°N 133.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.7°N 134.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 18.0°N 135.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 18.2°N 136.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.2°N 138.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.3°N 139.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.5°N 140.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.5°N 142.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.5°N 143.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.5°N 144.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.6°N 145.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.3°N 145.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.7°N 145.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.3°N 146.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.9°N 146.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.5°N 146.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 22.3°N 146.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 23.4°N 146.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 24.2°N 146.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.3°N 146.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 26.3°N 145.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 27.1°N 145.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 28.0°N 146.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Pauline.
At its peak on September 5, 1985, Pauline was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
13.0 days, from August 27, 1985 to September 9, 1985, including 96 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,556 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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