Cyclone Ofa (1990)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

January 28, 1990 to February 10, 1990

Peak strength

Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)

Lowest pressure

925 mb (27.32 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 112 km (70 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

24.0

Fastest the center moved

14 kt (16 mph)

Identifier

SH131990

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.

• Cyclone NancySouth Pacific · 1990Cat 165 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm PeniSouth Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm60 kt · 970 mb
• Tropical Depression GregSouth Pacific · 1990Tropical Depression30 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm HildaSouth Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm60 kt · 970 mb
• Cyclone IvorSouth Pacific · 1990Cat 175 kt · 965 mb
• Tropical Depression RaeSouth Pacific · 1990Tropical Depression30 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm RaeSouth Pacific · 1990Tropical Storm40 kt · 985 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: Cyclone Ofa