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Hurricane Ignacio (1985)

Ignacio came within 398 km of Hawaii, passing to the south as a tropical storm on 26 July 1985. It had peaked far out at sea at 115 kt and was weakening as it neared the islands. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
115 kt (132 mph) Category 4
Closest pass
398 km (248 mi) from Hawaii
When
26 July 1985
Distance from Honolulu
717 km (445 mi)
Lifetime
6 days 21 July 1985 – 27 July 1985
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south

The closest pass

At its closest, Ignacio was 398 km (248 mi) from Hawaii on 26 July 1985, as a tropical storm with 50 kt (58 mph) winds, approaching from the south.

The forecasts

No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.

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