Typhoon Russ (1990)
Typhoon Russ reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between December 13, 1990 and December 24, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 915 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Russ, 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- December 13, 1990 to December 24, 1990
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 915 mb (27.02 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1182 km (734 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 35.1
- Identifier
- WP311990
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 4.6N 173.3E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 4.8N 172.8E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 4.9N 172.2E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 5.1N 171.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 5.2N 171.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 5.2N 170.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 5.2N 169.4E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 5.2N 168.5E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 5.5N 167.3E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 6.0N 166.0E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 6.7N 164.6E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 7.2N 163.2E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 7.6N 161.9E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 7.9N 160.8E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 8.1N 159.8E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 8.5N 158.8E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 8.9N 157.8E | 70 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 9.4N 157.0E | 75 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 9.9N 156.1E | 85 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 10.2N 155.0E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 10.3N 153.9E | 95 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 10.4N 152.8E | 100 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 10.6N 151.8E | 110 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 10.8N 150.9E | 115 kt | 915 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 11.0N 150.1E | 120 kt | 915 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 11.2N 149.4E | 125 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 11.5N 148.7E | 125 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 11.7N 148.0E | 125 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 12.0N 147.3E | 125 kt | 920 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 12.2N 146.4E | 125 kt | 925 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 12.4N 145.4E | 125 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 12.7N 144.2E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 13.2N 142.9E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 13.8N 141.4E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 14.6N 140.1E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 15.5N 139.0E | 120 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 16.4N 138.2E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 17.6N 137.8E | 110 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 18.9N 137.8E | 110 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 20.2N 138.2E | 110 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 21.4N 139.2E | 100 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 22.7N 140.5E | 85 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 24.0N 142.4E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 25.1N 144.8E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 25.9N 147.3E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 26.8N 150.8E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 28.0N 155.1E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 30.0N 159.6E | 30 kt | Not reported |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1990
- Typhoon KorynWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm LewisWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon MarianWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm NathanWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon OfeliaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon PercyWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm RobynWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm TashaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon SteveWestern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon VernonWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon WinonaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon YancyWestern Pacific · 1990 · 216 deaths
- Typhoon ZolaWestern Pacific · 1990 · 6 deaths
- Typhoon BeckyWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon AbeWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm CecilWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon EdWestern Pacific · 1990
- Super Typhoon FloWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Depression DotWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon GeneWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon HattieWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm IraWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm JeanaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Typhoon KyleWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm LolaWestern Pacific · 1990
- Super Typhoon PageWestern Pacific · 1990
- Super Typhoon MikeWestern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm NellWestern 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.