Tropical Storm Hanta (1990)
Tropical Storm Hanta peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between April 10, 1990 and April 14, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 991 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Hanta, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- April 10, 1990 to April 14, 1990
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 991 mb (29.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 24 km (15 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.4
- Identifier
- SH271990
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 7.0S 47.8E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 7.7S 46.7E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 8.5S 45.7E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 9.3S 44.7E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 10.0S 44.4E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 10.4S 44.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 10.6S 44.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 10.8S 45.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 11.2S 46.0E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 12.0S 46.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 00:00 | 12.6S 46.4E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 06:00 | 13.1S 46.7E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 12:00 | 13.7S 47.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 18:00 | 14.2S 47.4E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 00:00 | 14.6S 47.4E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 06:00 | 14.7S 47.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 12:00 | 14.4S 46.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 18:00 | 13.9S 46.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1990
- 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 BessiSouth Indian · 1990
- Tropical Storm IkonjoSouth Indian · 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.