Hurricane Klaus (1990)
Hurricane Klaus reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 3, 1990 and October 9, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Klaus, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- October 3, 1990 to October 9, 1990
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 112 km (70 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- AL131990
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 15.6N 59.3W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 16.2N 59.6W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 16.4N 59.8W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 16.5N 60.1W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 16.6N 60.4W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 16.8N 60.7W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 16.9N 60.9W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 17.0N 61.1W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 17.2N 61.2W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 17.4N 61.4W | 70 kt | 991 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 17.7N 61.6W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 18.1N 61.8W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 18.3N 62.1W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 18.6N 62.3W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 18.7N 62.7W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 18.8N 63.1W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 18.9N 63.8W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 19.2N 64.9W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 19.7N 66.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 20.4N 67.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 21.1N 68.9W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 21.9N 70.1W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 22.6N 71.2W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 23.4N 72.3W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 24.5N 73.4W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm CesarNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane DianaNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm FranNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane GustavNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm HortenseNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane IsidoreNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane JosephineNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Tropical Storm MarcoNorth Atlantic · 1990
- Hurricane NanaNorth Atlantic · 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.