Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 24 – September 3, 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
Hurricane Gustav (1990) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1990 Atlantic season. It formed on August 24, 1990, reached its peak of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 956 mb on August 31, 1990, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 10.0 days and travelled about 3,289 miles (5,292 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 12.6°N 45.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 12.9°N 46.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 13.2°N 48.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 13.3°N 49.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 13.5°N 50.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 13.7°N 51.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 13.8°N 52.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 14.0°N 53.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 14.2°N 54.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 14.5°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 15.0°N 56.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 15.3°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 973 mb | 15.9°N 57.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 967 mb | 16.6°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 965 mb | 17.3°N 58.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 966 mb | 18.1°N 58.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 969 mb | 19.0°N 58.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 973 mb | 20.0°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 978 mb | 21.1°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 981 mb | 22.2°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 22.9°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 982 mb | 23.7°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 979 mb | 24.4°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 975 mb | 25.2°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 972 mb | 26.0°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 968 mb | 27.0°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 963 mb | 27.8°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 958 mb | 28.9°N 57.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 956 mb | 30.3°N 57.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 959 mb | 31.7°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 961 mb | 33.0°N 56.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 964 mb | 34.4°N 55.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 967 mb | 35.6°N 54.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 970 mb | 36.8°N 53.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 974 mb | 38.0°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 978 mb | 39.4°N 50.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 982 mb | 40.7°N 49.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 985 mb | 42.1°N 48.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 43.8°N 48.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 46.0°N 46.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 997 mb | 48.5°N 44.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Gustav.
At its peak on August 31, 1990, Gustav was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a central pressure of 956 mb.
10.0 days, from August 24, 1990 to September 3, 1990, including 174 hours at hurricane strength (24 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,289 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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