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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1990 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 25 storms · 12 May 1990–1 Nov 1990

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1990 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 25 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESMEXICOCUBACHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalAlma: 12 May–18 May, peak 75 kt, Category 1Boris: 2 Jun–8 Jun, peak 80 kt, Category 1Cristina: 8 Jun–16 Jun, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormDouglas: 19 Jun–23 Jun, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormElida: 26 Jun–2 Jul, peak 70 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 29 Jun–3 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionFausto: 6 Jul–12 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Genevieve: 10 Jul–18 Jul, peak 90 kt, Category 2Hernan: 19 Jul–31 Jul, peak 135 kt, Category 4Iselle: 20 Jul–30 Jul, peak 105 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 24 Jul–26 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 10 Aug–13 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 16 Aug–19 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionJulio: 17 Aug–24 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Kenna: 21 Aug–30 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Lowell: 23 Aug–1 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Marie: 7 Sep–21 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 9 Sep–12 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionNorbert: 10 Sep–19 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Odile: 23 Sep–2 Oct, peak 125 kt, Category 4Rachel: 27 Sep–3 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormPolo: 28 Sep–1 Oct, peak 65 kt, Category 1Simon: 9 Oct–14 Oct, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormTrudy: 16 Oct–1 Nov, peak 135 kt, Category 4Vance: 21 Oct–31 Oct, peak 85 kt, Category 2

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1990 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Alma–75Cat 19791,600
Boris–80Cat 19771,440
Cristina–55Tropical storm9941,010
Douglas–55Tropical storm992710
Elida–70Cat 19901,680
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—920
Fausto–75Cat 19791,550
Genevieve–90Cat 29701,990
Hernan–135Cat 49282,140
Iselle–105Cat 39581,800
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—230
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—610
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—910
Julio–100Cat 39602,320
Kenna–75Cat 19801,780
Lowell–65Cat 19862,370
Marie–120Cat 49442,370
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—920
Norbert–70Cat 19831,560
Odile–125Cat 49351,780
Rachel–55Tropical storm9941,730
Polo–65Cat 1987640
Simon–60Tropical storm9901,370
Trudy–135Cat 49242,090
Vance–85Cat 29751,400

25 storms with an IBTrACS 1990 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 12 May 1990, last 1 Nov 1990.

Tropical storms20

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes16

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)6

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormHernan

135 kt · 155 mph / 250 km/h

Lowest pressure924 hPa

Trudy, 20 Oct 1990

Longest track record16.5 days

Trudy, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1990 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1990 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 16 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 20 tropical storms, with 6 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1990 Pacific hurricane season?

Hernan, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 135 kt (Category 4) on 23 Jul 1990, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 928 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1990?

None. No storm in the 1990 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1990 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 12 May 1990 and the last on 1 Nov 1990, from 25 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1990 Pacific hurricane season?

Alma, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 15 May 1990, 12:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Eastern Pacific basin for the 1990 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Eastern Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology