Super Typhoon Mike (1990)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

November 6, 1990 to November 18, 1990

Peak strength

Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)

Lowest pressure

915 mb (27.02 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

36.5

Fastest the center moved

19 kt (22 mph)

Identifier

WP271990

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.

• Typhoon KorynWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 175 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm LewisWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm35 kt · 998 mb
• Typhoon MarianWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 290 kt · 965 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm NathanWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm55 kt · 980 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Depression30 kt
• Typhoon OfeliaWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 290 kt · 970 mb
• Typhoon PercyWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 4115 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm RobynWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm45 kt · 992 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm TashaWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm55 kt · 980 mb
• Typhoon SteveWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 4115 kt · 940 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Depression
• Typhoon VernonWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 295 kt · 955 mb
• Typhoon WinonaWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 165 kt · 975 mb
• Typhoon YancyWestern Pacific · 1990 · 216 deathsCat 290 kt · 950 mb
• Typhoon ZolaWestern Pacific · 1990 · 6 deathsCat 3100 kt · 960 mb
• Typhoon BeckyWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 170 kt · 965 mb
• Typhoon AbeWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 290 kt · 955 mb
• Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 175 kt · 960 mb
• Tropical Storm CecilWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm45 kt
• Typhoon EdWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 290 kt · 965 mb
• Super Typhoon FloWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 5145 kt · 890 mb
• Tropical Depression DotWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Depression
• Typhoon GeneWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 180 kt · 950 mb
• Typhoon HattieWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 290 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm IraWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm JeanaWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm35 kt
• Typhoon KyleWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 290 kt · 955 mb
• Tropical Storm LolaWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm40 kt · 998 mb
• Super Typhoon PageWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 5140 kt · 910 mb
• Tropical Storm NellWestern Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm50 kt · 990 mb
• Typhoon RussWestern Pacific · 1990Cat 4125 kt · 915 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Typhoon Mike