Hurricane Hernan (1990)
Hurricane Hernan reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 19, 1990 and July 31, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 928 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Hernan, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 19, 1990 to July 31, 1990
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 928 mb (27.40 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 775 km (482 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 30.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP091990
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 19, 12:00 | 12.0N 106.5W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 12.0N 107.4W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 12.1N 108.3W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 12.2N 109.3W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 12.3N 109.9W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 12.6N 110.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 12.9N 111.3W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 13.3N 112.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 13.8N 112.7W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 14.3N 113.2W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 14.8N 113.7W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 15.3N 114.2W | 90 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 15.7N 114.8W | 105 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 16.2N 115.3W | 115 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 16.6N 115.9W | 125 kt | 939 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 17.0N 116.5W | 130 kt | 933 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 17.3N 117.2W | 135 kt | 929 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 17.5N 117.9W | 135 kt | 928 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 17.6N 118.5W | 130 kt | 929 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 17.8N 119.0W | 125 kt | 933 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 17.9N 119.6W | 120 kt | 939 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 18.0N 120.1W | 115 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 18.2N 120.7W | 115 kt | 949 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 18.3N 121.3W | 110 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 18.4N 121.9W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 18.5N 122.6W | 110 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 18.7N 123.3W | 105 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 19.0N 124.0W | 105 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 19.2N 124.8W | 100 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 19.4N 125.7W | 90 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 19.6N 126.5W | 80 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 19.8N 127.3W | 75 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 19.9N 128.2W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 20.0N 129.0W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 20.0N 129.9W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 20.1N 130.9W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 20.2N 131.8W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 20.4N 132.7W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 20.7N 133.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 21.0N 134.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 21.5N 135.3W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 22.0N 136.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 22.8N 136.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 23.6N 137.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 24.5N 137.8W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 25.3N 138.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 26.2N 138.5W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1990
- Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane BorisEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm DouglasEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane ElidaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane GenevieveEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane IselleEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm AkaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane JulioEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane KennaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane LowellEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane MarieEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane NorbertEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane OdileEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm RachelEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane PoloEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm SimonEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane TrudyEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane VanceEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane OwenEastern Pacific · 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.