Hurricane Vance (1990)
Hurricane Vance reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between October 21, 1990 and October 31, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Vance, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 21, 1990 to October 31, 1990
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 282 km (175 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP241990
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 11.3N 99.1W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 11.1N 99.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 11.0N 99.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 11.3N 99.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 11.8N 100.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 12.2N 100.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 12.5N 100.7W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 12.8N 101.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 13.2N 101.9W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 13.6N 102.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 14.1N 102.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 14.6N 103.3W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 15.2N 103.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 15.8N 104.7W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 16.3N 105.6W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 16.8N 106.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 17.4N 107.3W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 17.9N 107.9W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 18.3N 108.3W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 18.6N 108.6W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 18.8N 108.7W | 85 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 18.9N 108.6W | 80 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 18.9N 108.5W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 18.8N 108.1W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 18.5N 107.8W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 18.2N 107.5W | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 17.9N 107.6W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 17.4N 107.9W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 16.9N 108.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 16.6N 108.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 16.6N 109.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 16.8N 109.5W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 17.2N 110.1W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 17.5N 110.8W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 17.6N 111.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 17.7N 112.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 17.9N 113.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 18.2N 113.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 18.6N 114.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 19.0N 115.0W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 19.4N 115.1W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1990
- Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane BorisEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm DouglasEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane ElidaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane GenevieveEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane IselleEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm AkaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane JulioEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane KennaEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane LowellEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane MarieEastern Pacific · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane NorbertEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane OdileEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm RachelEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane PoloEastern Pacific · 1990
- Tropical Storm SimonEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane TrudyEastern Pacific · 1990
- Hurricane OwenEastern 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.