 Hurricane Waldo at peak intensity just southeast of the tip of the Baja Peninsula on October 9 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 7, 1985 |
| Dissipated | October 9, 1985 |
| Category 2 hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 105 mph (165 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 982 mbar (hPa); 29.00 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 1 indirect |
| Areas affected | Sinaloa, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1985 Pacific hurricane season | |
Hurricane Waldo was a Pacific hurricane whose remnants caused significant flooding in Kansas during October 1985. It was also the only hurricane to make landfall during the extremely active 1985 Pacific hurricane season. The twenty-fourth tropical cyclone, twenty-second named storm, and eleventh hurricane of the season, Waldo originated from a disturbance first detected by ship report on October 5, 1985. After developing into a tropical depression on October 7, it steadily intensified, becoming a tropical storm that day. Waldo reached hurricane intensity on October 8. After peaking as a moderate Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, it re-curved to the east, making landfall at peak intensity near Culiacán. Afterward, it rapidly dissipated. In all, Waldo caused moderate damage in Sonora. The remnants of the storm combined with a cold front over the Great Plains. Significant flooding and one death was recorded in Kansas. Many rivers and creeks overflowed its banks.