Storm history › East Pacific › 1985 season
Hurricane Skip (1985)
Skip was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1985 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 28, 1985 to September 9, 1985, about 12 days, and covered 3,896 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
- Peak wind
- 90 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Duration
- 12 days
- Track length
- 3,896 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 10.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 374th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Octave (2025), Hurricane Carlotta (2024), Hurricane Frank (2022) and 29 more.
- Lowest pressure: 243rd lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Narda (2025), Hurricane Adrian (2023), Hurricane Elida (2008) and 13 more.
- Energy: 5% of the 1985 East Pacific season's ACE.