Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 9–13, 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
Tropical Storm Marco (1990) was a tropical storm of the 1990 Atlantic season. It formed on October 9, 1990, near Caibarién, Villa Clara Province, Cuba, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 989 mb on October 11, 1990, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 958 miles (1,542 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havana, Havana, Cuba | 63 mi | Oct 10 · 03:00 UTC | TD 37 mph |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 40 mi | Oct 11 · 05:00 UTC | TS 62 mph |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 11 mi | Oct 11 · 14:00 UTC | TS 54 mph |
| Brandon, Florida | 37 mi | Oct 11 · 14:00 UTC | TS 54 mph |
| Tampa, Florida | 27 mi | Oct 11 · 15:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Clearwater, Florida | direct hit | Oct 11 · 15:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Lakeland, Florida | 59 mi | Oct 11 · 15:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Gainesville, Florida | 45 mi | Oct 12 · 02:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Athens, Georgia | 69 mi | Oct 12 · 18:00 UTC | TD 17 mph |
| Columbia, South Carolina | direct hit | Oct 13 · 12:00 UTC | TD 17 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 9 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 22.5°N 79.5°W | near Caibarién, Villa Clara Province, Cuba |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 22.7°N 80.7°W | near Los Arabos, Matanzas Province, Cuba |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1000 mb | 23.5°N 81.4°W | 26 mi NNW of Varadero, Matanzas Province, Cuba |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 996 mb | 24.1°N 82.0°W | 34 mi SSW of Key West, Florida |
| Oct 10 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 998 mb | 24.6°N 82.4°W | 39 mi W of Key West, Florida |
| Oct 10 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 994 mb | 25.2°N 82.5°W | 63 mi NW of Key West, Florida |
| Oct 11 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 993 mb | 26.0°N 82.6°W | 56 mi SW of Cape Coral, Florida |
| Oct 11 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 989 mb | 26.7°N 82.6°W | 24 mi SW of Englewood, Florida |
| Oct 11 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 27.5°N 82.8°W | 14 mi W of Bradenton, Florida |
| Oct 11 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 998 mb | 28.3°N 83.0°W | 18 mi WNW of Holiday, Florida |
| Oct 12 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 999 mb | 29.1°N 83.1°W | 38 mi WNW of Homosassa Springs, Florida |
| Oct 12 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1004 mb | 30.7°N 83.0°W | 19 mi ESE of Valdosta, Georgia |
| Oct 12 12:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1005 mb | 32.0°N 83.0°W | 35 mi NNW of Douglas, Georgia |
| Oct 12 18:00 | TD extratropical | 17 mph | 1005 mb | 33.2°N 82.6°W | 29 mi SW of Grovetown, Georgia |
| Oct 13 00:00 | TD extratropical | 17 mph | 1006 mb | 33.7°N 81.9°W | 14 mi NW of Aiken, South Carolina |
| Oct 13 06:00 | TD extratropical | 17 mph | 1007 mb | 33.8°N 81.5°W | 20 mi SW of Lexington, South Carolina |
| Oct 13 12:00 | TD extratropical | 17 mph | 1007 mb | 34.0°N 81.0°W | near Columbia, South Carolina |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Marco. Its closest approach to a major city was 2 miles from Columbia, South Carolina.
At its peak on October 11, 1990, Marco was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 989 mb.
4.0 days, from October 9, 1990 to October 13, 1990. It travelled about 958 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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