The 1990 season

Typhoon Kyle (1990)

Typhoon Kyle reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between October 13, 1990 and October 25, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kyle, 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
October 13, 1990 to October 25, 1990
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 715 km (444 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.4
Identifier
WP251990

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
Oct 13, 12:0013.0N 155.7E15 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 18:0013.2N 155.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 00:0013.3N 154.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 06:0013.4N 153.6E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 12:0013.6N 152.9E25 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 18:0013.8N 152.2E25 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 00:0013.9N 151.5E25 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 06:0014.1N 150.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0014.3N 150.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0014.5N 149.4E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Oct 16, 00:0014.6N 148.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0014.7N 147.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0015.1N 146.8E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0015.5N 146.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0015.9N 146.4E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0016.3N 146.1E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0016.8N 145.8E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0017.3N 145.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0017.9N 144.9E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0018.4N 144.5E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0018.9N 144.1E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0019.4N 143.8E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0019.9N 143.5E90 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0020.4N 143.1E90 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0020.9N 142.7E90 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0021.4N 142.4E90 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0022.0N 142.4E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0022.6N 142.4E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0023.1N 142.7E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0024.1N 143.4E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0025.1N 144.4E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0026.4N 145.7E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0028.0N 147.1E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0029.9N 148.5E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0031.8N 150.2E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0033.7N 151.9E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0035.5N 153.8E60 kt980 mbMixed
Oct 22, 18:0037.4N 155.0E55 kt986 mbExtratropical
Oct 23, 00:0039.1N 155.9E50 kt992 mbExtratropical
Oct 23, 06:0040.7N 156.7E45 kt992 mbExtratropical
Oct 23, 12:0042.6N 157.6E40 kt994 mbExtratropical
Oct 23, 18:0043.3N 158.8E35 kt994 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 00:0044.7N 160.0E30 kt994 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 06:0045.0N 163.0E996 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 12:0045.1N 165.7E1000 mbExtratropical
Oct 24, 18:0045.0N 168.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Oct 25, 00:0045.0N 170.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Oct 25, 06:0044.0N 174.0E1012 mbExtratropical
Oct 25, 12:0043.0N 178.0E1016 mbExtratropical

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.