at the time, the 1985 season was the most active on record in the eastern north pacific (breaking a short-lived record set in 1983), with 25 tropical cyclones forming. of those, 22 attained tropical storm intensity, 12 reaching hurricane intensity and 8 becoming major hurricanes by reaching category 3 or higher on the saffir-simpson scale. in addition, three additional systems formed in the central north pacific, of which one became a hurricane and another became a typhoon before re-crossing the international dateline.