The 1990 season
120 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.
Tracks
The track of every 1990 storm in every basin on one map, colored by the strength it held at each point. Each storm is listed below with its own page.
Deaths and damage
3 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 1,189 people in all.
The figures come from the National Hurricane Center and from Wikidata, which have filled in only some storms; a storm with no figure here may still have killed.
North Atlantic
16 storms, 14 at tropical storm strength, 8 hurricanes, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 91.2.
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm CesarNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane DianaNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm FranNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane GustavNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm HortenseNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane IsidoreNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane JosephineNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane KlausNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm MarcoNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane NanaNorth Atlantic · 1990
Eastern Pacific
27 storms, 22 at tropical storm strength, 17 hurricanes, 7 major; accumulated cyclone energy 294.4.
- Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane BorisEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm DouglasEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane ElidaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane GenevieveEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane IselleEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm AkaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane JulioEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane KennaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane LowellEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane MarieEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane NorbertEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane OdileEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm RachelEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane PoloEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm SimonEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane TrudyEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane VanceEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane OwenEastern Pacific · 1990
Western Pacific
35 storms, 29 at tropical storm strength, 20 typhoons, 7 major; accumulated cyclone energy 333.7.
- Typhoon KorynWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm LewisWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon MarianWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm NathanWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon OfeliaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon PercyWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm RobynWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm TashaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon SteveWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon VernonWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon WinonaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon YancyWestern Pacific · 1990 · 216 deaths
- Typhoon ZolaWestern Pacific · 1990 · 6 deaths
- Typhoon BeckyWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon AbeWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm CecilWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon EdWestern Pacific · 1990
- Super Typhoon FloWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Depression DotWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon GeneWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon HattieWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm IraWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm JeanaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon KyleWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm LolaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Super Typhoon PageWestern Pacific · 1990
- Super Typhoon MikeWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm NellWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon RussWestern Pacific · 1990
North Indian
11 storms, 2 at tropical storm strength, 1 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 18.3.
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1990 · 967 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1990
South Indian
23 storms, 19 at tropical storm strength, 9 at hurricane force, 4 major; accumulated cyclone energy 165.8.
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone PedroSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm FelicitySouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone AliberaSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone BaomavoSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm RositaSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Depression BaomavoSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm SamSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm TinaSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone DetySouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone CezeraSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone VincentSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone EdisoanaSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone Gregoara:WalterSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm FelanaSouth Indian · 1990
- Cyclone AlexSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm HantaSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm BessiSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm IkonjoSouth Indian · 1990
South Pacific
8 storms, 6 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 44.8.
- Cyclone NancySouth Pacific · 1990
- Cyclone OfaSouth Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm PeniSouth Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Depression GregSouth Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm HildaSouth Pacific · 1990
- Cyclone IvorSouth Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Depression RaeSouth Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm RaeSouth Pacific · 1990
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.