Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 21–30, 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 Kenna (1990) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1990 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 21, 1990, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb on August 26, 1990, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 8.8 days and travelled about 2,045 miles (3,291 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.0°N 111.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.4°N 112.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 14.6°N 113.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 14.7°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 15.0°N 115.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 15.4°N 116.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 15.6°N 117.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 15.5°N 118.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 15.3°N 119.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 15.1°N 120.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 14.9°N 120.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 14.9°N 122.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 14.9°N 123.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 15.1°N 124.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 15.4°N 125.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 15.5°N 126.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 15.5°N 128.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 15.8°N 129.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 16.2°N 130.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 16.7°N 131.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 17.1°N 132.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 17.7°N 132.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 18.3°N 133.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 19.0°N 133.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 19.6°N 134.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 20.3°N 134.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 996 mb | 20.9°N 134.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 21.3°N 134.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 21.3°N 134.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 21.3°N 134.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 21.3°N 134.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 21.2°N 134.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 21.0°N 135.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 20.6°N 135.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 20.0°N 136.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 19.5°N 137.8°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Kenna.
At its peak on August 26, 1990, Kenna was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 980 mb.
8.8 days, from August 21, 1990 to August 30, 1990, including 72 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,045 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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