Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1985 season
Tropical Storm Lindsay (1985)
Lindsay was a tropical storm of the 1985 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from March 6, 1985 to March 11, 1985, about 6 days, and covered 1,800 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 950 mb.
Its closest pass to a major city was 110 miles from Mataram, Indonesia.
- Peak wind
- 65 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 6 days
- Track length
- 1,800 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.6
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Closest pass to major cities
| City | Closest pass |
|---|---|
| Mataram, Indonesia | 110 mi (177 km) |
How it compares
- Peak winds: 480th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Kanto (2025), Tropical Storm Fezile (2022), Tropical Storm Anika (2022) and 54 more.
- Lowest pressure: 215th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Dikeledi (2025), Cyclone Cheneso (2023), Cyclone Irondro (2020) and 21 more.
- Energy: 10% of the 1985 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.