Tropical Storm Arthur (1990)
Tropical Storm Arthur peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between July 22, 1990 and July 27, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Arthur, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- July 22, 1990 to July 27, 1990
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 84 km (52 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- AL021990
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 22, 06:00 | 8.8N 41.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 8.9N 43.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 9.3N 44.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 9.3N 46.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 9.2N 48.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 9.2N 50.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 9.4N 52.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 9.7N 53.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 10.1N 55.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 10.5N 56.8W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 10.8N 58.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 11.1N 60.0W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 11.7N 61.3W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 12.4N 62.5W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 13.1N 63.7W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 13.7N 65.0W | 60 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 14.2N 66.4W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 14.8N 67.9W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 15.6N 69.8W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 16.2N 71.8W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 16.6N 73.8W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 16.5N 75.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth 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
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.