Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 3–9, 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 Klaus (1990) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1990 Atlantic season. It formed on October 3, 1990, 126 mi ENE of Sainte-Marie, Martinique, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mb on October 5, 1990, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.0 days and travelled about 1,138 miles (1,831 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 15.6°N 59.3°W | 126 mi ENE of Sainte-Marie, Martinique |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 16.2°N 59.6°W | 111 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 16.4°N 59.8°W | 98 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 16.5°N 60.1°W | 80 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Oct 4 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 16.6°N 60.4°W | 63 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 16.8°N 60.7°W | 54 mi NE of Le Moule, Guadeloupe |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 996 mb | 16.9°N 60.9°W | 49 mi NE of Le Moule, Guadeloupe |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 17.0°N 61.1°W | 50 mi E of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 985 mb | 17.2°N 61.2°W | 43 mi E of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 5 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 991 mb | 17.4°N 61.4°W | 35 mi ENE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 6 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 17.7°N 61.6°W | 43 mi NNE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 18.1°N 61.8°W | 68 mi N of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 995 mb | 18.3°N 62.1°W | 83 mi NNW of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 996 mb | 18.6°N 62.3°W | 94 mi NNE of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 998 mb | 18.7°N 62.7°W | 97 mi N of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1000 mb | 18.8°N 63.1°W | 107 mi NNW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 18.9°N 63.8°W | 83 mi ENE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 19.2°N 64.9°W | 59 mi N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 19.7°N 66.1°W | 85 mi N of San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 20.4°N 67.5°W | 139 mi NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 21.1°N 68.9°W | 134 mi NNE of Nagua, Dominican Republic |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1004 mb | 21.9°N 70.1°W | 138 mi E of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1004 mb | 22.6°N 71.2°W | 88 mi NE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1006 mb | 23.4°N 72.3°W | 112 mi N of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 24.5°N 73.4°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Klaus.
At its peak on October 5, 1990, Klaus was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 985 mb.
6.0 days, from October 3, 1990 to October 9, 1990, including 18 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,138 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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