The 1990 season

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.

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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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 13, 00:004.6N 173.3E15 ktNot reported
Dec 13, 06:004.8N 172.8E15 ktNot reported
Dec 13, 12:004.9N 172.2E15 ktNot reported
Dec 13, 18:005.1N 171.7E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 00:005.2N 171.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 06:005.2N 170.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 12:005.2N 169.4E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 18:005.2N 168.5E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 00:005.5N 167.3E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 06:006.0N 166.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 12:006.7N 164.6E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 18:007.2N 163.2E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 00:007.6N 161.9E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 06:007.9N 160.8E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 12:008.1N 159.8E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 18:008.5N 158.8E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Dec 17, 00:008.9N 157.8E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Dec 17, 06:009.4N 157.0E75 kt955 mbTropical storm
Dec 17, 12:009.9N 156.1E85 kt950 mbTropical storm
Dec 17, 18:0010.2N 155.0E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 00:0010.3N 153.9E95 kt945 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 06:0010.4N 152.8E100 kt935 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 12:0010.6N 151.8E110 kt925 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 18:0010.8N 150.9E115 kt915 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 00:0011.0N 150.1E120 kt915 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 06:0011.2N 149.4E125 kt920 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 12:0011.5N 148.7E125 kt920 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 18:0011.7N 148.0E125 kt920 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 00:0012.0N 147.3E125 kt920 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 06:0012.2N 146.4E125 kt925 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 12:0012.4N 145.4E125 kt930 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 18:0012.7N 144.2E120 kt930 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 00:0013.2N 142.9E120 kt930 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 06:0013.8N 141.4E120 kt930 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 12:0014.6N 140.1E120 kt930 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 18:0015.5N 139.0E120 kt935 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 00:0016.4N 138.2E120 kt940 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 06:0017.6N 137.8E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 12:0018.9N 137.8E110 kt950 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 18:0020.2N 138.2E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 00:0021.4N 139.2E100 kt965 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 06:0022.7N 140.5E85 kt975 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 12:0024.0N 142.4E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 18:0025.1N 144.8E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 00:0025.9N 147.3E45 kt1000 mbMixed
Dec 24, 06:0026.8N 150.8E35 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 24, 12:0028.0N 155.1E30 ktNot reported
Dec 24, 18:0030.0N 159.6E30 ktNot reported

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.