Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 11–14, 1990
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Fran (1990) was a tropical storm of the 1990 Atlantic season. It formed on August 11, 1990, reached its peak of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1007 mb on August 13, 1990, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.0 days and travelled about 2,013 miles (3,239 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 9.0°N 32.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 8.5°N 34.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 8.3°N 36.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 8.2°N 39.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 8.0°N 42.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 7.9°N 44.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 00:00 | TD low/wave | 17 mph | — | 8.2°N 46.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 06:00 | TD low/wave | 17 mph | — | 8.4°N 48.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 8.7°N 51.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1010 mb | 9.0°N 53.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 9.2°N 56.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 9.7°N 59.0°W | 154 mi ESE of Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Aug 14 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 10.2°N 61.3°W | 11 mi ESE of Mon Repos, Trinidad and Tobago |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Fran.
At its peak on August 13, 1990, Fran was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a central pressure of 1007 mb.
3.0 days, from August 11, 1990 to August 14, 1990. It travelled about 2,013 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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