The 1990 season

Typhoon Koryn (1990)

Typhoon Koryn reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between January 8, 1990 and January 17, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Koryn, 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
Western Pacific
Dates
January 8, 1990 to January 17, 1990
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1117 km (694 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.9
Identifier
WP011990

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
Jan 8, 00:001.3N 172.0E15 ktNot reported
Jan 8, 06:002.3N 171.1E15 ktNot reported
Jan 8, 12:003.4N 170.1E15 ktNot reported
Jan 8, 18:004.2N 169.0E15 ktNot reported
Jan 9, 00:004.8N 167.8E15 ktNot reported
Jan 9, 06:005.1N 166.4E20 ktNot reported
Jan 9, 12:005.3N 165.2E20 ktNot reported
Jan 9, 18:005.5N 163.8E20 ktNot reported
Jan 10, 00:005.7N 162.4E20 ktNot reported
Jan 10, 06:005.9N 161.2E20 ktNot reported
Jan 10, 12:006.1N 160.0E20 ktNot reported
Jan 10, 18:006.3N 158.9E20 ktNot reported
Jan 11, 00:006.6N 157.6E20 ktNot reported
Jan 11, 06:006.8N 156.4E20 ktNot reported
Jan 11, 12:007.0N 155.2E20 ktNot reported
Jan 11, 18:007.2N 154.0E20 ktNot reported
Jan 12, 00:007.4N 152.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 12, 06:007.6N 151.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 12, 12:008.0N 150.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 12, 18:008.5N 149.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jan 13, 00:009.2N 148.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jan 13, 06:0010.0N 147.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 13, 12:0010.9N 146.7E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 13, 18:0011.9N 146.1E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jan 14, 00:0013.1N 145.8E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 14, 06:0013.7N 145.6E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 14, 12:0014.3N 145.5E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 14, 18:0014.9N 145.7E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 15, 00:0015.5N 145.8E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 15, 06:0016.0N 145.9E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 15, 12:0016.4N 145.9E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 15, 18:0017.1N 146.0E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 16, 00:0018.3N 146.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 16, 06:0019.8N 146.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 16, 12:0021.0N 148.0E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 16, 18:0022.3N 149.7E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 17, 00:0023.5N 151.7E40 kt996 mbMixed
Jan 17, 06:0025.0N 154.4E40 kt992 mbMixed
Jan 17, 12:0027.0N 158.7E40 kt996 mbMixed
Jan 17, 18:0029.6N 165.0E45 kt996 mbXX

Other Western Pacific 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.