The 1990 season

Typhoon Vernon (1990)

Typhoon Vernon reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between July 26, 1990 and August 10, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Vernon, 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
July 26, 1990 to August 10, 1990
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 229 km (142 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.4
Identifier
WP111990

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
Jul 26, 12:0017.9N 132.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 26, 18:0017.7N 132.3E15 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 00:0017.5N 132.7E15 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 06:0017.4N 133.2E15 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 12:0017.3N 133.5E20 ktNot reported
Jul 27, 18:0017.2N 134.0E20 ktNot reported
Jul 28, 00:0017.3N 134.3E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0017.4N 134.7E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0017.5N 135.1E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0017.6N 135.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0017.8N 135.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0018.1N 136.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0018.4N 136.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0018.8N 137.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0019.2N 137.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0019.6N 137.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0020.0N 138.0E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 18:0020.4N 138.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0020.8N 138.6E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0021.3N 138.9E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0022.0N 139.1E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0022.8N 139.1E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0023.7N 139.2E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0024.7N 139.2E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0025.7N 139.3E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:0026.7N 139.3E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 00:0027.6N 139.4E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0028.5N 139.5E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0029.3N 139.5E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0030.1N 139.6E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0030.8N 139.7E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0031.5N 139.9E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0032.0N 140.2E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0032.5N 140.5E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0032.8N 140.9E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0033.1N 141.4E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0033.2N 142.0E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0033.3N 142.5E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0033.4N 143.1E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0033.5N 143.6E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0033.6N 144.0E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0033.7N 144.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0033.8N 145.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0034.0N 145.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0034.2N 145.9E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0034.5N 146.2E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0034.9N 146.6E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0035.3N 147.0E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0035.7N 147.7E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0036.3N 148.4E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0036.9N 149.6E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0037.7N 151.2E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0038.3N 152.8E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0039.2N 155.3E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0039.9N 158.3E35 kt990 mbMixed
Aug 9, 06:0039.2N 160.7E45 kt990 mbMixed
Aug 9, 12:0040.5N 163.0E40 kt992 mbMixed
Aug 9, 18:0042.0N 166.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 00:0044.0N 170.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 06:0046.0N 174.0E992 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 12:0049.0N 179.0E988 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 18:0054.0N 182.0EExtratropical

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.