Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 28 – October 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 Polo (1990) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1990 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 28, 1990, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb on September 30, 1990, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 75 mph on September 30, 1990). The storm lasted 3.0 days and travelled about 741 miles (1,193 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 9.7°N 137.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 10.4°N 137.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 11.3°N 137.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 12.3°N 138.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 13.3°N 138.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 14.2°N 138.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 15.0°N 139.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 15.5°N 139.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 16.0°N 139.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 16.2°N 140.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 16.2°N 141.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 16.0°N 142.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 15.5°N 143.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Polo.
At its peak on September 30, 1990, Polo was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 987 mb.
3.0 days, from September 28, 1990 to October 1, 1990, including 12 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 741 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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