Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 6–15, 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 Lili (1990) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1990 Atlantic season. It formed on October 6, 1990, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb on October 11, 1990, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.3 days and travelled about 3,551 miles (5,714 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 73 mi | Oct 14 · 22:00 UTC | TS 48 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 36.0°N 44.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 35.7°N 44.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 35.3°N 44.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 35.0°N 44.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 34.7°N 44.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 34.4°N 44.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 34.1°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 33.8°N 45.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 33.5°N 45.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 32.8°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 32.2°N 46.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 31.6°N 47.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 995 mb | 31.3°N 48.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 31.1°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 31.0°N 49.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 31.0°N 49.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 30.9°N 50.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 31.0°N 51.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 31.3°N 53.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 31.2°N 55.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 31.0°N 58.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 988 mb | 30.7°N 61.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 30.3°N 64.1°W | 144 mi SSE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Oct 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 995 mb | 29.9°N 66.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 995 mb | 29.8°N 68.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 30.2°N 70.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 993 mb | 30.9°N 71.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 32.1°N 72.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 33.2°N 72.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 995 mb | 34.3°N 72.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 35.5°N 72.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 36.6°N 71.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 38.0°N 69.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 40.0°N 67.5°W | 178 mi SE of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Oct 14 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 995 mb | 42.4°N 65.0°W | 171 mi SSW of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 15 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 995 mb | 44.9°N 61.0°W | 94 mi SSW of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 15 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 994 mb | 46.6°N 56.4°W | 165 mi SSW of Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Oct 15 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 994 mb | 47.5°N 51.0°W | 80 mi E of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Lili. Its closest approach to a major city was 73 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
At its peak on October 11, 1990, Lili was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 987 mb.
9.3 days, from October 6, 1990 to October 15, 1990, including 60 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,551 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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