All storm pages · 1990 Atlantic season
Hurricane Klaus 1990
Category 1 hurricane · Atlantic · October 3 to October 9, 1990
With a peak of 80 mph, Klaus ranked tied for the sixth-strongest of the 16 storms of the 1990 season. It produced 7% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. Its winds rose 25 mph in the 24 hours to October 4. The name Klaus is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) 135 miles east-northeast of Fort-de-France, Martinique, France
- Tropical storm 130 miles east of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
- Hurricane 45 miles east of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
- Peak 45 miles east of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda; lowest pressure 985 mb
- Last record (tropical storm) 250 miles east of Nassau, the Bahamas
Against every Atlantic storm since 1851
In the 1990 season
Storm 13 of 16 in 1990, hurricane 6 of 8; it formed after Josephine and before Lili. See the season.
Places the center passed
The center came within 50 miles of 1 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.
| Place | Closest | Wind then | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda | 36 mi | 80 mph | October 5 |
Every storm within 50 miles of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Also peaked at 80 mph
Of 151 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:
- Chantal (1989)984 mb, landfall in Texas
- Florence (1988)982 mb, landfall in Louisiana
- Charley (1986)987 mb, landfall in North Carolina
- Chris (1994)979 mb, no landfall record