Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 7–9, 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 Waldo (1985) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1985 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 7, 1985, 307 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) on October 9, 1985, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 69 mph on October 8, 1985). The storm lasted 2.5 days and travelled about 801 miles (1,288 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 28 mi | Oct 9 · 12:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 15.0°N 106.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.8°N 107.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.8°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.6°N 108.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.5°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 19.5°N 109.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.5°N 109.7°W | 166 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 8 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.2°N 109.7°W | 118 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 22.1°N 109.3°W | 67 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 9 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 23.1°N 108.3°W | 89 mi E of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 9 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 24.5°N 107.1°W | 28 mi SE of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Waldo. Its closest approach to a major city was 28 miles from Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on October 9, 1985, Waldo was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h).
2.5 days, from October 7, 1985 to October 9, 1985, including 24 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 801 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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