1986 season

Tropical Storm Kay (1986)

Aug 28, 6:00 PM UTC – Sep 3, 12:00 PM UTC (5.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
45 mph (40 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (24)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1986-08-28 18:00TD18.1°N 112.3°W25—
1986-08-29 00:00TD18.1°N 112.7°W30—
1986-08-29 06:00TD18.1°N 113.2°W30—
1986-08-29 12:00TD18.2°N 113.6°W30—
1986-08-29 18:00TD18.2°N 114.0°W25—
1986-08-30 00:00TD18.2°N 114.5°W30—
1986-08-30 06:00TD18.2°N 115.1°W30—
1986-08-30 12:00TD18.3°N 115.7°W30—
1986-08-30 18:00TS18.4°N 116.3°W35—
1986-08-31 00:00TS18.5°N 117.0°W35—
1986-08-31 06:00TS18.5°N 117.8°W35—
1986-08-31 12:00TS18.6°N 118.9°W35—
1986-08-31 18:00TS18.7°N 120.3°W40—
1986-09-01 00:00TS18.8°N 121.7°W40—
1986-09-01 06:00TS18.9°N 123.0°W40—
1986-09-01 12:00TS19.0°N 124.5°W35—
1986-09-01 18:00TS19.1°N 126.0°W35—
1986-09-02 00:00TD19.3°N 127.3°W30—
1986-09-02 06:00TD19.4°N 128.1°W25—
1986-09-02 12:00TD19.5°N 128.8°W25—
1986-09-02 18:00TD19.6°N 129.3°W25—
1986-09-03 00:00TD19.7°N 129.8°W25—
1986-09-03 06:00TD19.8°N 130.3°W25—
1986-09-03 12:00TD20.0°N 130.7°W25—

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.