Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 21 – October 6, 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 Josephine (1990) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1990 Atlantic season. It formed on September 21, 1990, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb on October 5, 1990, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 15.3 days and travelled about 3,182 miles (5,120 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.0°N 32.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.5°N 32.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 15.0°N 32.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 15.6°N 33.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 16.1°N 33.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 16.7°N 33.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 17.4°N 33.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 17.9°N 33.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 18.2°N 33.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 18.5°N 33.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 18.7°N 34.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 19.0°N 34.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 19.1°N 34.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 19.3°N 34.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 19.4°N 34.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 19.5°N 34.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 19.7°N 34.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 19.9°N 35.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 20.1°N 35.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 20.3°N 36.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 20.4°N 37.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 20.3°N 38.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 20.2°N 38.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 20.2°N 39.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 20.2°N 39.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 20.3°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 20.4°N 40.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 20.6°N 40.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 20.9°N 40.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 21.2°N 41.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 21.6°N 41.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 22.0°N 42.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 22.5°N 42.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 23.1°N 43.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 23.8°N 44.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 24.5°N 45.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 25.5°N 45.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 26.7°N 45.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 27.8°N 45.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 28.5°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 29.1°N 43.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 29.6°N 42.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 29.9°N 41.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 30.0°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 30.0°N 39.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 29.8°N 39.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 29.6°N 39.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 29.4°N 39.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 29.1°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 28.6°N 40.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 28.3°N 41.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 28.2°N 42.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 28.5°N 42.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 29.0°N 42.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 29.5°N 42.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 30.0°N 41.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 30.7°N 40.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 32.1°N 39.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 34.1°N 38.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 36.5°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 985 mb | 38.9°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 41.0°N 42.9°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Josephine.
At its peak on October 5, 1990, Josephine was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 980 mb.
15.3 days, from September 21, 1990 to October 6, 1990, including 36 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,182 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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