Hurricane History Map

1990 Western North Pacific season

35 storms formed in the Western North Pacific basin in 1990, from 8 January 1990 to 24 December 1990.

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Years1990
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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

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The 1990 season in numbers

The record holds 35 storms for the 1990 Western North Pacific season, of which 30 had names.29 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 20 reached typhoon strength (category 1 or more) and 7 were major (category 3 or more). 5 have no wind speed in the record.

  • 35storms
  • 29tropical storm strength or more
  • 20typhoon strength or more
  • 7major (category 3 to 5)
  • 334accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 1990

  • Mike (1990)6 November 1990 to 18 November 1990, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 915 hPa
  • Flo (1990)8 September 1990 to 22 September 1990, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 890 hPa
  • Page (1990)5 November 1990 to 3 December 1990, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 910 hPa
  • Russ (1990)13 December 1990 to 24 December 1990, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 915 hPa
  • Percy (1990)20 June 1990 to 1 July 1990, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 950 hPa

All 35 storms of 1990

StormPeak
Koryn Category 1
Lewis Tropical storm
Marian Category 2
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Nathan Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Ofelia Category 2
Percy Category 4
Robyn Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Tasha Tropical storm
Steve Category 4
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Vernon Category 2
Winona Category 1
Yancy Category 2
Zola Category 3
Becky Category 1
Abe Category 2
Dot Category 1
Cecil Tropical storm
Ed Category 2
Flo Category 5
Dot Unknown intensity
Gene Category 1
Hattie Category 2
Ira Tropical storm
Jeana Tropical storm
Kyle Category 2
Lola Tropical storm
Page Category 5
Mike Category 5
Nell Tropical storm
Russ Category 4

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