Typhoon Cecil was the deadliest storm of the season, accounting for nearly half of the deaths from western Pacific tropical cyclones in 1985.

Typhoon Cecil was the deadliest storm of the season, accounting for nearly half of the deaths from western Pacific tropical cyclones in 1985.

After over four months of inactivity, on May 16, a strong atmospheric circulation formed 380 nmi (700 km) west of Koror, now part of Palau.

[1] The 75 mph (121 km/h) typhoon hit 75 nautical miles (139 km) east-southeast of Hong Kong in southeastern China on the 24th, and dissipated the next day.

In Hong Kong, winds peaked at 74 knots (137 km/h) at Kwai Chung, and a total of 285.5 millimetres (11.24 in) fell at Tate's Cairn which led to landslides across the region.

Weakening as it accelerated northeast, Irma regained tropical storm intensity later that day and became an extratropical cyclone that night.

As Irma passed to the east of the Philippines the system enhanced the Monsoon Trough causing heavy rains over Luzon Island.

The typhoon, small in size, reached its peak intensity of 85 knots (90 mph, 157 km/h) while south of Kyūshū on August 8.

Kit recurved in the East China Sea in the face of an approaching trough which caused a weakness in the subtropical ridge.

The storm killed twelve people from resultant flooding and caused significant property damage on Cheju Island and the southern coast of South Korea.

Kit's movement to the north reoriented the trough into a more north–south orientation, and a broad circulation formed 890 km south of Okinawa.

Accelerating across the Yellow Sea on August 14, Lee began to recurve across North Korea and subsequently weakened rapidly across the mountainous terrain.

Odessa assumed a northerly track as it continued to strengthen, reaching typhoon intensity late on October 24.

[13] Forming east of Odessa and Pat, the initial disturbance developed near a location with an upper-level low interacted with the monsoon trough.

[1] The initial tropical disturbance formed well south of Hawaii along the near-equatorial trough on August 28, moving briskly to the west.

It briefly threatened Wake Island as a typhoon before a Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough (TUTT) recurved Skip off to the northeast.

Briefly dropping to tropical storm strength, the cyclone turned to the west upon entering the South China Sea.

Typhoon intensity was reached on September 29, and its center moved along the south coast of Hainan Island where winds gusted to 80 knots (150 km/h).

The storm continued south of due west across the Gulf of Tonkin into Vietnam late on October 1, killing 46 people across central portions of the country.

Brenda then completed a small cyclonic loop on 1 October before turning towards the northwest and strengthening to a peak of 105 mph (169 km/h).

Nearly 12 inches (300 mm) of rain fell on the South Korean Peninsula heavy flooding on Cheju Island and near Pusan killed 14 people and left 43 missing.

Cecil continued to intensify, and reached a peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) winds before hitting north-central Vietnam and dissipating on the 16th.

In Hong Kong, winds gusted to 61 knots (113 km/h) at Tate's Cairn, but rainfall amounts were light as the system mainly bypassed the protectorate to the south.

The storm turned southwest on October 17 due to the building in of a stronger high pressure system to its northwest.

By October 20, Ellis weakened into a tropical depression while resuming a westward course as it passed under an upper-level low which increased vertical wind shear and disrupted its associated thunderstorm activity.

[2] The initial tropical disturbance formed in the South China Sea, and was swept eastward through the Philippines due to Dot's movement to its north.

Turning northwest, Faye crossed central Luzon on October 24, weakening back into a tropical depression.

As the cyclone became warm core, Gordon was able to restrengthen into a tropical storm after the monsoon wind surge slackened.

As it approached southern Vietnam, the cyclone turned southwest and weakened, dissipating as it made landfall along the Malay Peninsula.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility.