The 1990 season

Typhoon Gene (1990)

Typhoon Gene reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between September 18, 1990 and October 1, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Gene, 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
September 18, 1990 to October 1, 1990
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.9
Fastest the center moved
32 kt (37 mph)
Identifier
WP211990

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
Sep 18, 06:0012.3N 141.1E15 ktNot reported
Sep 18, 12:0012.6N 140.8E15 ktNot reported
Sep 18, 18:0012.9N 140.4E15 ktNot reported
Sep 19, 00:0013.2N 139.9E15 ktNot reported
Sep 19, 06:0013.3N 139.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 19, 12:0013.3N 139.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 19, 18:0013.4N 138.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 20, 00:0013.5N 138.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 20, 06:0013.5N 137.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 20, 12:0013.4N 137.1E15 ktNot reported
Sep 20, 18:0013.3N 136.7E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 00:0013.3N 136.2E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 06:0013.3N 135.7E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 12:0013.4N 135.2E15 ktNot reported
Sep 21, 18:0013.6N 134.8E15 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 00:0013.7N 134.3E15 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 06:0014.1N 134.1E15 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 12:0014.4N 133.8E15 kt1008 mbMixed
Sep 22, 18:0014.8N 133.6E15 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 00:0015.3N 133.4E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 06:0015.7N 133.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 12:0016.6N 132.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 18:0017.3N 132.0E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 00:0017.8N 131.2E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 06:0018.4N 130.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 12:0018.9N 129.2E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 18:0019.5N 128.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 00:0020.1N 127.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 06:0020.7N 127.3E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 12:0021.5N 126.9E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 18:0022.2N 126.6E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 00:0022.9N 126.4E65 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 06:0023.6N 126.3E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 12:0024.2N 126.3E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 18:0024.7N 126.1E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 00:0025.4N 125.9E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 06:0026.1N 125.8E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 12:0026.7N 125.9E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 18:0027.2N 126.1E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 00:0027.8N 126.6E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 06:0028.4N 127.1E80 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 12:0029.1N 127.8E80 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 18:0029.8N 128.6E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 00:0030.4N 129.6E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 06:0031.0N 130.9E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 12:0031.8N 132.2E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 18:0032.6N 133.7E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 00:0033.5N 135.4E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0034.7N 138.2E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 12:0035.7N 140.9E50 kt1008 mbMixed
Sep 30, 18:0036.6N 144.4E40 kt1006 mbMixed
Oct 1, 00:0037.5N 148.8E40 kt1004 mbMixed
Oct 1, 06:0040.0N 144.0E1004 mbMixed
Oct 1, 12:0042.0N 146.0E1002 mbMixed
Oct 1, 18:0045.0N 147.0E1000 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.