Hurricane Lowell (1990)
Hurricane Lowell reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between August 23, 1990 and September 1, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 986 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Lowell, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- August 23, 1990 to September 1, 1990
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb (29.12 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 179 km (111 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- EP151990
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 14.0N 96.5W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 14.1N 97.6W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 14.4N 98.7W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 14.9N 99.9W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 15.4N 101.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 15.9N 102.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 16.3N 103.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 17.0N 104.9W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 17.7N 106.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 18.3N 107.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 18.7N 108.5W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 19.0N 109.5W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 19.3N 110.5W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 19.4N 111.5W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 19.5N 112.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 19.5N 113.6W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 19.4N 114.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 19.1N 116.2W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 18.7N 117.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 18.5N 118.7W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 18.2N 119.8W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 18.0N 120.7W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 17.9N 121.6W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 18.0N 122.5W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 18.3N 123.4W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 18.7N 124.3W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 19.2N 125.3W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 19.5N 126.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 19.7N 127.7W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 19.9N 128.8W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 20.0N 130.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 20.1N 131.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 20.1N 132.3W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 20.0N 133.5W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 19.9N 134.7W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 19.9N 136.2W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1990
- Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane BorisEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm DouglasEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane ElidaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane GenevieveEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane IselleEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm AkaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane JulioEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane KennaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane MarieEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane NorbertEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane OdileEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm RachelEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane PoloEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm SimonEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane TrudyEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane VanceEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane OwenEastern Pacific · 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.