The 1990 season

Typhoon Abe (1990)

Typhoon Abe reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between August 22, 1990 and September 3, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Abe, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1990 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 22, 1990 to September 3, 1990
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
14.3
Fastest the center moved
26 kt (30 mph)
Identifier
WP151990

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 22, 12:0010.0N 152.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 22, 18:0010.3N 150.9E15 ktNot reported
Aug 23, 00:0010.5N 149.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 23, 06:0010.8N 149.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 23, 12:0011.0N 148.0E25 ktNot reported
Aug 23, 18:0011.2N 147.0E25 ktNot reported
Aug 24, 00:0011.5N 145.9E30 ktNot reported
Aug 24, 06:0011.7N 144.8E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0011.9N 143.8E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0012.5N 142.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0012.9N 141.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 06:0013.3N 140.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 12:0013.5N 140.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 25, 18:0013.6N 140.1E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 00:0013.7N 140.2E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0014.1N 140.6E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0014.6N 140.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0016.2N 141.0E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0017.6N 140.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0019.2N 139.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0020.2N 138.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0021.1N 136.7E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0021.7N 135.0E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0022.3N 133.5E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0022.8N 132.2E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0023.2N 130.8E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 00:0023.5N 129.2E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 06:0023.9N 127.7E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 12:0024.2N 126.5E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 18:0024.6N 125.6E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 00:0025.2N 124.8E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 06:0025.9N 123.9E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 12:0026.5N 123.0E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 18:0027.4N 122.3E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 00:0028.3N 121.8E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 06:0029.2N 121.2E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 12:0030.0N 120.8E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 18:0030.8N 120.5E65 kt988 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 00:0031.7N 120.5E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 06:0032.9N 120.5E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0034.5N 121.3E40 kt996 mbMixed
Sep 1, 18:0036.0N 122.9E35 kt996 mbMixed
Sep 2, 00:0037.4N 125.3E35 kt998 mbMixed
Sep 2, 06:0038.5N 128.4E25 kt998 mbMixed
Sep 2, 12:0039.0N 129.0E998 mbMixed
Sep 2, 18:0040.0N 131.0E998 mbMixed
Sep 3, 00:0040.0N 133.0E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 06:0041.0N 136.0E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 12:0041.0N 139.0E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 18:0042.0N 142.0E1000 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1990

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.