The 1990 season

Typhoon Ofelia (1990)

Typhoon Ofelia reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between June 15, 1990 and June 26, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Ofelia, 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
June 15, 1990 to June 26, 1990
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.0
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
WP061990

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
Jun 15, 06:005.7N 140.5E15 ktNot reported
Jun 15, 12:005.9N 139.9E15 ktNot reported
Jun 15, 18:006.2N 139.2E15 ktNot reported
Jun 16, 00:006.4N 138.5E15 ktNot reported
Jun 16, 06:007.0N 137.9E15 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 16, 12:007.6N 137.4E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jun 16, 18:008.3N 136.9E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 00:009.0N 136.3E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 06:009.6N 135.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 12:009.7N 134.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 18:009.7N 133.2E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 00:009.6N 132.4E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 06:009.5N 131.4E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 12:009.6N 130.3E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 18:009.7N 129.3E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 00:009.9N 128.8E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 06:0010.0N 128.6E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 12:0010.3N 128.6E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 18:0010.8N 128.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 00:0011.4N 128.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 06:0012.4N 127.5E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 12:0013.3N 126.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 18:0014.2N 126.0E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 00:0015.2N 125.4E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 06:0016.1N 124.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 12:0017.0N 123.9E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 18:0017.8N 123.1E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 00:0018.7N 122.5E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 06:0019.7N 121.8E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0020.4N 121.6E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0021.3N 121.7E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:0022.6N 121.8E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0023.8N 121.5E90 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0024.7N 121.0E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0025.8N 120.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 00:0027.0N 121.0E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 06:0028.9N 121.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 12:0030.7N 122.6E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 18:0032.6N 123.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 00:0034.2N 124.2E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 06:0035.5N 125.1E30 kt996 mbMixed
Jun 25, 12:0036.7N 126.4E25 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jun 25, 18:0037.0N 125.2E996 mbExtratropical
Jun 26, 00:0037.4N 127.1E998 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.