Hurricane Iselle (1990)
Hurricane Iselle reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between July 20, 1990 and July 30, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 958 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Iselle, 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 20, 1990 to July 30, 1990
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 958 mb (28.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 356 km (221 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 21.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- EP101990
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 20, 12:00 | 10.0N 96.1W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 10.3N 97.8W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 10.7N 98.7W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 11.2N 99.6W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 11.8N 100.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 12.4N 101.0W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 13.1N 101.7W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 13.6N 102.3W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 14.0N 103.0W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 14.4N 103.6W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 14.8N 104.2W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 15.3N 104.8W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 15.7N 105.5W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 16.0N 106.2W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 16.3N 106.9W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 16.6N 107.6W | 95 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 17.0N 108.3W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 17.5N 109.0W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 18.1N 109.8W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 18.7N 110.8W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 19.2N 111.7W | 105 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 19.7N 112.7W | 105 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 20.2N 113.6W | 105 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 20.8N 114.5W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 21.4N 115.5W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 22.0N 116.5W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 22.5N 117.5W | 95 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 22.9N 118.4W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 23.4N 119.2W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 23.8N 119.9W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 24.3N 120.5W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 24.8N 121.0W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 25.2N 121.4W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 25.5N 121.6W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 25.5N 121.6W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 25.6N 121.7W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 25.6N 121.7W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 25.6N 121.7W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 25.6N 121.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 25.5N 121.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 25.4N 122.1W | 25 kt | 1010 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 HernanEastern 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.