Tropical Storm Barry (1989)
Tropical Storm Barry peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between July 9, 1989 and July 14, 1989, with a lowest pressure of 1005 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Barry, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1989 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- July 9, 1989 to July 14, 1989
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1005 mb (29.68 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 952 km (592 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 27 kt (31 mph)
- Identifier
- AL031989
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 12.8N 37.8W | 25 kt | 1015 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 13.0N 39.9W | 25 kt | 1015 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 13.9N 42.1W | 25 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 15.0N 44.6W | 30 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 16.3N 46.9W | 30 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 17.7N 48.2W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 18.8N 49.2W | 40 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 19.8N 50.4W | 40 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 20.7N 51.8W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 21.4N 53.1W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 22.1N 53.9W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 22.8N 54.4W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 23.5N 54.9W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 23.8N 55.4W | 40 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 24.0N 56.0W | 35 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 23.9N 56.6W | 35 kt | 1016 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 23.7N 57.4W | 30 kt | 1017 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 23.3N 58.1W | 30 kt | 1018 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Tropical Storm AllisonNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Hurricane ChantalNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Hurricane DeanNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Hurricane ErinNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Hurricane FelixNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Hurricane GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Hurricane HugoNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Tropical Storm IrisNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Hurricane JerryNorth Atlantic · 1989
- Tropical Storm KarenNorth Atlantic · 1989
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.