Track map & timeline · Atlantic · November 28 – December 4, 1989
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 Karen (1989) was a tropical storm of the 1989 Atlantic season. It formed on November 28, 1989, 107 mi NE of Iriona, Honduras, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on November 30, 1989, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.8 days and travelled about 791 miles (1,273 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 17.1°N 84.0°W | 99 mi NNE of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Nov 28 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 18.0°N 84.8°W | 142 mi N of Iriona, Honduras |
| Nov 29 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 19.0°N 85.1°W | 158 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Nov 29 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 19.5°N 85.1°W | 138 mi ESE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Nov 29 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 20.0°N 85.0°W | 131 mi ESE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Nov 29 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 20.4°N 84.6°W | 129 mi SSW of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Nov 30 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 20.8°N 84.2°W | 97 mi S of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Nov 30 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 20.8°N 83.6°W | 91 mi SW of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Nov 30 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 20.8°N 83.4°W | 84 mi SSW of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Nov 30 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 20.5°N 83.1°W | 98 mi S of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Dec 1 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 19.9°N 83.1°W | 117 mi WNW of West Bay, Cayman Islands |
| Dec 1 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 19.3°N 83.2°W | 119 mi W of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Dec 1 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 19.0°N 83.3°W | 127 mi W of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Dec 1 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 18.5°N 84.0°W | 180 mi WSW of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Dec 2 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 18.0°N 84.5°W | 146 mi NNE of Iriona, Honduras |
| Dec 2 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 17.8°N 84.9°W | 127 mi N of Iriona, Honduras |
| Dec 2 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 17.5°N 85.5°W | 109 mi NNW of Iriona, Honduras |
| Dec 2 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 17.5°N 85.5°W | 109 mi NNW of Iriona, Honduras |
| Dec 3 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 17.5°N 85.5°W | 109 mi NNW of Iriona, Honduras |
| Dec 3 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 17.4°N 85.3°W | 100 mi N of Iriona, Honduras |
| Dec 3 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 17.2°N 85.0°W | 85 mi N of Iriona, Honduras |
| Dec 3 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 17.0°N 84.5°W | 81 mi NNE of Iriona, Honduras |
| Dec 4 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 16.5°N 83.9°W | 65 mi NE of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Dec 4 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 16.5°N 83.9°W | 65 mi NE of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Karen.
At its peak on November 30, 1989, Karen was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb.
5.8 days, from November 28, 1989 to December 4, 1989. It travelled about 791 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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