Tropical Storm Peni (1990)
Tropical Storm Peni peaked at 60 kt in the South Pacific between February 12, 1990 and February 18, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Peni, 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
- South Pacific
- Dates
- February 12, 1990 to February 18, 1990
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1411 km (877 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.3
- Identifier
- SH161990
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 8.6S 154.3W | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 9.0S 154.0W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 9.5S 154.0W | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 10.2S 154.6W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 10.8S 155.5W | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 11.5S 156.6W | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 12.2S 157.6W | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 13.1S 158.2W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 13.9S 158.6W | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 14.3S 158.7W | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 14.8S 158.9W | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 15.6S 159.1W | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 16.5S 159.3W | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 17.5S 159.4W | 55 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 18.6S 159.0W | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 19.6S 158.2W | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 20.9S 157.0W | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 22.3S 155.5W | 50 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 23.7S 154.0W | 40 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 25.1S 152.4W | 35 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 26.6S 150.2W | 30 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 28.7S 148.2W | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 30.3S 146.0W | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 32.0S 143.8W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 33.4S 142.5W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South 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.