Hurricanes

The 1990 season

120 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.

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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.

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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.

Eastern Pacific

27 storms, 22 at tropical storm strength, 17 hurricanes, 7 major; accumulated cyclone energy 294.4.

Western Pacific

35 storms, 29 at tropical storm strength, 20 typhoons, 7 major; accumulated cyclone energy 333.7.

North Indian

11 storms, 2 at tropical storm strength, 1 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 18.3.

South Indian

23 storms, 19 at tropical storm strength, 9 at hurricane force, 4 major; accumulated cyclone energy 165.8.

South Pacific

8 storms, 6 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 44.8.

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.