Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 23 – September 1, 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 Lowell (1990) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1990 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 23, 1990, 134 mi SSE of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 986 mb on August 27, 1990, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 8.8 days and travelled about 2,720 miles (4,376 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 14.0°N 96.5°W | 121 mi S of San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 14.1°N 97.6°W | 127 mi SSW of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 14.4°N 98.7°W | 141 mi SSW of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 14.9°N 99.9°W | 135 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 15.4°N 101.3°W | 136 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 15.9°N 102.6°W | 139 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 16.3°N 103.7°W | 152 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 17.0°N 104.9°W | 149 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 17.7°N 106.2°W | 151 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 18.3°N 107.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 18.7°N 108.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 19.0°N 109.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 19.3°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 19.4°N 111.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 19.5°N 112.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 19.5°N 113.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 19.4°N 114.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 19.1°N 116.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 18.7°N 117.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 18.5°N 118.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 18.2°N 119.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 991 mb | 18.0°N 120.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 17.9°N 121.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 18.0°N 122.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 18.3°N 123.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 18.7°N 124.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 19.2°N 125.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 19.5°N 126.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 19.7°N 127.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 19.9°N 128.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 20.0°N 130.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 20.1°N 131.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 20.1°N 132.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 20.0°N 133.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 19.9°N 134.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1014 mb | 19.9°N 136.2°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Lowell.
At its peak on August 27, 1990, Lowell was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 986 mb.
8.8 days, from August 23, 1990 to September 1, 1990, including 36 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,720 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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