1985 season

Hurricane Kate (1985)

Nov 15, 6:00 PM UTC – Nov 23, 6:00 PM UTC (8.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
120 mph (105 kt)
Lowest pressure
954 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Nov 21, 10:30 PM UTC · 30.0°N 85.4°W · Hurricane · 100 mph · 967 mb
Every track point (34)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1985-11-15 18:00TS21.1°N 63.8°W35999
1985-11-16 00:00TS21.6°N 63.9°W45998
1985-11-16 06:00TS21.7°N 64.2°W50996
1985-11-16 12:00TS21.5°N 64.8°W55993
1985-11-16 18:00HU21.1°N 65.3°W70987
1985-11-17 00:00HU20.7°N 66.0°W75981
1985-11-17 06:00HU20.4°N 66.4°W75984
1985-11-17 12:00HU20.7°N 67.3°W75982
1985-11-17 18:00HU21.1°N 68.8°W80977
1985-11-18 00:00HU21.4°N 70.0°W80976
1985-11-18 06:00HU21.6°N 71.8°W80975
1985-11-18 12:00HU21.6°N 73.3°W80975
1985-11-18 18:00HU21.9°N 75.1°W85972
1985-11-19 00:00HU22.1°N 76.8°W95967
1985-11-19 06:00HU22.1°N 78.4°W95968
1985-11-19 12:00HU22.7°N 80.2°W90971
1985-11-19 18:00HU23.2°N 81.9°W80976
1985-11-20 00:00HU23.9°N 83.5°W85972
1985-11-20 06:00HU24.6°N 84.5°W95968
1985-11-20 12:00HU25.2°N 85.3°W105956
1985-11-20 18:00HU26.0°N 86.0°W105955
1985-11-21 00:00HU26.8°N 86.5°W105954
1985-11-21 06:00HU27.5°N 86.6°W100961
1985-11-21 12:00HU28.3°N 86.5°W95965
1985-11-21 18:00HU29.2°N 86.1°W85967
1985-11-21 22:30HU30.0°N 85.4°W85967Landfall
1985-11-22 00:00HU30.2°N 85.1°W80975
1985-11-22 06:00HU31.5°N 83.5°W65983
1985-11-22 12:00TS32.5°N 81.5°W50990
1985-11-22 18:00TS33.7°N 79.2°W45996
1985-11-23 00:00TS34.7°N 76.2°W401003
1985-11-23 06:00TS34.4°N 73.5°W351005
1985-11-23 12:00TS34.0°N 72.0°W351006
1985-11-23 18:00EX33.5°N 70.5°W351006

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.