The 1990 season

Tropical Storm Lola (1990)

Tropical Storm Lola peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between October 15, 1990 and October 20, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Lola, 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 15, 1990 to October 20, 1990
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
998 mb (29.47 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.7
Identifier
WP261990

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 15, 06:0015.0N 118.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 12:0014.6N 116.9E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 18:0014.6N 116.4E15 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 00:0014.6N 115.9E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 06:0014.5N 115.4E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0014.4N 114.8E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0014.3N 114.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0014.2N 113.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0014.0N 112.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0013.9N 111.7E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0013.8N 110.9E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0013.7N 110.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0013.6N 109.1E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0013.6N 108.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0013.5N 107.5E30 kt1004 mbMixed
Oct 19, 00:0013.5N 106.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0013.5N 105.0E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0013.5N 103.9E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0014.3N 103.1E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0014.5N 102.0E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0014.6N 100.9E15 ktNot reported

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.