All storm pages · 1990 Pacific season
Hurricane Trudy 1990
Category 4 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · October 16 to November 1, 1990
Trudy produced 45.7 units of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), the ninth-most of any eastern and central Pacific storm since 1949. In the 24 hours to October 23, its center moved only 9 miles while at tropical-storm strength or more, tied for the fifth-slowest day of movement in the eastern and central Pacific record. It held major-hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) for 138 hours, tied for the ninth-longest spell among eastern and central Pacific hurricanes.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) 415 miles south-southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Tropical storm 365 miles south-southwest of Tecpan, Guerrero, Mexico
- Hurricane 375 miles south-southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
- Major hurricane 430 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Peak, 155 mph 505 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico; lowest pressure 924 mb
- Last record (tropical depression) 905 miles southwest of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 1990 season
Storm 24 of 25 in 1990, hurricane 15 of 16; it formed after Simon and before Vance. Trudy ranks joint first by peak wind in the season. See the season.
Closest to land
Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Petatlán, Guerrero, Mexico, 349 miles from the center on October 18 (tropical storm stage).
Also peaked at 155 mph
Of 8 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Max (1987)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Carlotta (2000)932 mb, no landfall record
- Jimena (2009)931 mb, landfall in Baja California Sur
- Dora (2011)929 mb, no landfall record