The 1990 season

Hurricane Isidore (1990)

Hurricane Isidore reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 4, 1990 and September 17, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Isidore, 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
North Atlantic
Dates
September 4, 1990 to September 17, 1990
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
978 mb (28.88 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 588 km (365 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
19.5
Fastest the center moved
22 kt (25 mph)
Identifier
AL101990

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 4, 00:007.2N 23.4W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Sep 4, 06:007.4N 25.1W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Sep 4, 12:008.4N 26.7W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 4, 18:009.2N 28.4W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 00:009.7N 29.9W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 06:009.9N 31.4W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 5, 12:0010.0N 32.7W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0010.4N 33.8W40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0011.3N 34.7W45 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0012.4N 35.4W50 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0013.5N 36.0W55 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0014.7N 36.4W60 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0015.9N 36.8W65 kt994 mbHurricane
Sep 7, 06:0017.2N 37.3W75 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 7, 12:0018.5N 37.6W85 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 7, 18:0019.9N 37.9W80 kt979 mbHurricane
Sep 8, 00:0021.1N 38.2W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Sep 8, 06:0022.2N 38.7W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 8, 12:0023.2N 39.3W65 kt994 mbHurricane
Sep 8, 18:0024.3N 40.0W60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0025.6N 40.7W55 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0026.8N 41.7W50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0027.9N 43.0W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0028.6N 44.2W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Sep 10, 00:0029.0N 45.1W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 10, 06:0029.4N 45.6W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 10, 12:0029.8N 46.1W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 10, 18:0030.1N 46.6W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 11, 00:0030.6N 47.0W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 11, 06:0031.2N 47.4W75 kt984 mbHurricane
Sep 11, 12:0031.9N 48.0W80 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 11, 18:0032.6N 48.7W80 kt979 mbHurricane
Sep 12, 00:0033.1N 49.5W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Sep 12, 06:0033.4N 50.1W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 12, 12:0033.6N 50.4W70 kt986 mbHurricane
Sep 12, 18:0033.8N 50.6W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 00:0034.1N 50.7W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 06:0034.4N 50.8W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 12:0034.9N 50.8W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 18:0035.4N 50.6W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 00:0035.8N 50.1W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 06:0036.2N 49.4W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 12:0036.6N 48.7W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 18:0037.1N 47.9W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 00:0037.8N 47.4W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 06:0038.7N 47.2W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 12:0039.6N 47.5W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 18:0040.3N 48.0W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 00:0040.5N 48.5W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 06:0041.8N 47.9W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0043.5N 47.0W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0045.0N 45.5W45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0046.5N 43.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0048.2N 41.5W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0050.0N 39.5W35 kt1006 mbExtratropical

Other North Atlantic 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.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.