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Hurricane Diana 1990

Category 2 hurricane · Atlantic · August 4 to August 9, 1990

Diana's 100 mph landfall in Veracruz on August 7, 1990 ranks tied for the seventh-strongest of the 41 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 100 mph, it ranked tied for the second-strongest of the 16 storms of the 1990 season. It produced 5% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Diana is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Diana (1990) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N105°W100°W95°W90°W85°W80°WLeónQuintana Roo, 65 mphVeracruz, 100 mphPeak 100 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 200 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Diana (1990) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120Aug 5Aug 6Aug 7Aug 8Aug 9mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 155 miles east-northeast of San Andrés, Colombia
  2. Tropical storm 180 miles north of Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua
  3. Landfall Quintana Roo: tropical storm, 65 mph, 994 mb
  4. Hurricane 140 miles northeast of Veracruz, Mexico
  5. Peak 40 miles east of Tuxpam, Veracruz, Mexico; lowest pressure 980 mb
  6. Landfall Veracruz
  7. Last record (tropical depression) 60 miles southwest of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind100 mph · tied 515th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure980 mb · tied 497th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy4.3 · tied 926th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone5.5 days · tied 791st of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1990 season

04080120160Diana

Storm 6 of 16 in 1990, hurricane 2 of 8; it formed after Edouard and before Fran. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Tuxpam, Veracruz, Mexico7 mi85 mphAugust 7
Guanajuato, Mexico8 mi35 mphAugust 8
Querétaro, Mexico10 mi40 mphAugust 8
Tuxpan, Nayarit, Mexico10 mi25 mphAugust 9
León, Guanajuato, Mexico11 mi30 mphAugust 8
Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico17 mi60 mphAugust 5
Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico17 mi25 mphAugust 9
Tekax, Yucatán, Mexico18 mi50 mphAugust 6

Every storm within 50 miles of León, Guanajuato, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Veracruz

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Veracruz came closest to Diana's 100 mph:

  • Dean (2007)100 mph, August 22, 2007
  • Gert (1993)100 mph, September 20, 1993
  • Item (1950)105 mph, October 11, 1950
  • Anna (1956)85 mph, July 26, 1956

All 41 storms with a landfall record in Veracruz

Also peaked at 100 mph

Of 85 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Gert (1993)970 mb, landfall in Nicaragua
  • Erin (1995)973 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Earl (1998)985 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Jose (1999)979 mb, landfall in Antigua and Barbuda