Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 25–31, 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 Hortense (1990) was a tropical storm of the 1990 Atlantic season. It formed on August 25, 1990, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb on August 28, 1990, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.3 days and travelled about 2,106 miles (3,388 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 12.5°N 35.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 12.9°N 36.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 13.3°N 37.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 13.7°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 13.9°N 39.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 14.4°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 15.4°N 40.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 16.5°N 40.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 17.4°N 40.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 18.1°N 41.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 18.9°N 41.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 20.0°N 42.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 21.0°N 43.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 21.7°N 43.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 22.3°N 44.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 22.8°N 44.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 23.5°N 45.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 24.4°N 46.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 25.4°N 47.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 26.6°N 48.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 27.9°N 49.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 29.3°N 50.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 31.0°N 50.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 32.8°N 51.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 34.4°N 51.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1014 mb | 36.2°N 51.2°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Hortense.
At its peak on August 28, 1990, Hortense was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 993 mb.
6.3 days, from August 25, 1990 to August 31, 1990. It travelled about 2,106 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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