The 1989 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 39 systems

Atlantic storms
11
7 hurricanes · 2 major
Atlantic ACE
135
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
161 mph
Hugo
Landfalling
5
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
17
9 hurricanes · 4 major
Pacific strongest
144 mph
Raymond

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · hover a track to highlight it, click to open the storm’s own page with an animated replay.

01 · Summary

How the 1989 season went

The 1989 Atlantic season produced 11 tropical storms, 7 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 135. The strongest was Hurricane Hugo at 161 mph / 918 mb. 5 storms made landfall.

The 1989 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 17 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 111. The strongest was Hurricane Raymond at 144 mph / 935 mb. 3 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECTropical Storm Adolph — May 31 – June 5, 1989Adolph TSUnnamed storm #1 — June 15–17, 1989Unnamed storm #1 TDHurricane Barbara — June 15–21, 1989Barbara Cat 1Hurricane Cosme — June 18–23, 1989Cosme Cat 1Tropical Storm Allison — June 24 – July 1, 1989Allison TSUnnamed storm #4 — July 9–10, 1989Unnamed storm #4 TDUnnamed storm #5 — July 9–13, 1989Unnamed storm #5 TDTropical Storm Barry — July 9–14, 1989Barry TSHurricane Dalilia — July 11–21, 1989Dalilia Cat 1Unnamed storm #7 — July 15–18, 1989Unnamed storm #7 TDTropical Storm Erick — July 19–21, 1989Erick TSTropical Storm Flossie — July 23–28, 1989Flossie TSHurricane Gil — July 30 – August 5, 1989Gil Cat 1Hurricane Chantal — July 30 – August 3, 1989Chantal Cat 1Hurricane Dean — July 31 – August 9, 1989Dean Cat 2Unnamed storm #6 — August 8–17, 1989Unnamed storm #6 TDHurricane Ismael — August 14–25, 1989Ismael Cat 3Tropical Storm Henriette — August 15–18, 1989Henriette TSHurricane Erin — August 18–27, 1989Erin Cat 2Tropical Storm Juliette — August 21–25, 1989Juliette TSHurricane Kiko — August 25–29, 1989Kiko Cat 3Hurricane Felix — August 26 – September 10, 1989Felix Cat 1Unnamed storm #9 — August 27–28, 1989Unnamed storm #9 TDHurricane Lorena — August 27 – September 6, 1989Lorena Cat 1Tropical Storm Manuel — August 28–31, 1989Manuel TSHurricane Gabrielle — August 30 – September 13, 1989Gabrielle Cat 4Tropical Storm Narda — September 3–8, 1989Narda TSHurricane Octave — September 8–16, 1989Octave Cat 4Hurricane Hugo — September 10–25, 1989Hugo Cat 5Tropical Storm Iris — September 16–21, 1989Iris TSTropical Storm Priscilla — September 21–25, 1989Priscilla TSHurricane Raymond — September 25 – October 5, 1989Raymond Cat 4Unnamed storm #20 — September 25–27, 1989Unnamed storm #20 TDUnnamed storm #13 — October 2–5, 1989Unnamed storm #13 TDUnnamed storm #22 — October 3–8, 1989Unnamed storm #22 TDHurricane Jerry — October 12–16, 1989Jerry Cat 1Unnamed storm #23 — October 14–14, 1989Unnamed storm #23 TDUnnamed storm #24 — October 16–19, 1989Unnamed storm #24 TDTropical Storm Karen — November 28 – December 4, 1989Karen TS

Each bar is one storm’s life, colored by its strength at that moment (faded = post-tropical). Click a bar to open the storm.

03 · Atlantic

Atlantic storms of 1989

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed storm #1Jun 15 – Jun 17TD 29 mph——0.0
Tropical Storm AllisonJun 24 – Jul 1TS 52 mph999 mbTexas0.9
Tropical Storm BarryJul 9 – Jul 14TS 52 mph1005 mb—1.8
Hurricane ChantalJul 30 – Aug 3Cat 1 81 mph984 mbTexas2.5
Hurricane DeanJul 31 – Aug 9Cat 2 104 mph968 mbSaint Pierre and Miquelon15.7
Unnamed storm #6Aug 8 – Aug 17TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane ErinAug 18 – Aug 27Cat 2 104 mph968 mb—14.2
Hurricane FelixAug 26 – Sep 10Cat 1 86 mph979 mb—9.7
Unnamed storm #9Aug 27 – Aug 28TD 29 mph——0.0
Hurricane GabrielleAug 30 – Sep 13Cat 4 144 mph935 mb—38.2
Hurricane HugoSep 10 – Sep 25Cat 5 161 mph918 mbGuadeloupe, U.S. Virgin Islands, South Carolina42.7
Tropical Storm IrisSep 16 – Sep 21TS 69 mph1001 mb—2.5
Unnamed storm #13Oct 2 – Oct 5TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane JerryOct 12 – Oct 16Cat 1 86 mph982 mbTexas4.0
Tropical Storm KarenNov 28 – Dec 4TS 58 mph1000 mb—2.6

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1989

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Tropical Storm AdolphMay 31 – Jun 5TS 63 mph994 mb—3.2
Hurricane BarbaraJun 15 – Jun 21Cat 1 81 mph984 mb—4.0
Hurricane CosmeJun 18 – Jun 23Cat 1 86 mph979 mbGuerrero, Mexico3.6
Unnamed storm #4Jul 9 – Jul 10TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #5Jul 9 – Jul 13TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane DaliliaJul 11 – Jul 21Cat 1 92 mph977 mb—14.6
Unnamed storm #7Jul 15 – Jul 18TD 35 mph——0.0
Tropical Storm ErickJul 19 – Jul 21TS 40 mph1005 mb—0.4
Tropical Storm FlossieJul 23 – Jul 28TS 40 mph1004 mb—0.7
Hurricane GilJul 30 – Aug 5Cat 1 86 mph979 mb—5.3
Hurricane IsmaelAug 14 – Aug 25Cat 3 121 mph955 mb—22.2
Tropical Storm HenrietteAug 15 – Aug 18TS 52 mph1000 mb—1.3
Tropical Storm JulietteAug 21 – Aug 25TS 63 mph992 mb—1.7
Hurricane KikoAug 25 – Aug 29Cat 3 121 mph955 mbBaja California Sur, Mexico5.8
Hurricane LorenaAug 27 – Sep 6Cat 1 75 mph989 mb—5.9
Tropical Storm ManuelAug 28 – Aug 31TS 46 mph1002 mb—1.1
Tropical Storm NardaSep 3 – Sep 8TS 52 mph1000 mb—1.9
Hurricane OctaveSep 8 – Sep 16Cat 4 132 mph948 mb—12.2
Tropical Storm PriscillaSep 21 – Sep 25TS 63 mph993 mb—2.1
Hurricane RaymondSep 25 – Oct 5Cat 4 144 mph935 mbBaja California Sur, Mexico, Sonora, Mexico24.7
Unnamed storm #20Sep 25 – Sep 27TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #22Oct 3 – Oct 8TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #23Oct 14 – Oct 14TD 23 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #24Oct 16 – Oct 19TD 35 mph——0.0
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