Tropical cyclones in 1992

Tropical cyclones in 1992
Tropical cyclones in 1992
Year boundaries
First system	Axel
Formed	January 3, 1992
Last system	Kina
Dissipated	January 5, 1993
Strongest system
Name	Gay
Lowest pressure	900 mbar (hPa); 26.58 inHg
Longest lasting system
Name	Tina
Duration	25 days
Year statistics
Total systems	111
Named systems	101
Total fatalities	1,513 reported
Total damage	Unknown
Related articles
	1992 Atlantic hurricane season; 1992 Pacific hurricane season; 1992 Pacific typhoon season; 1992 North Indian Ocean cyclone season; 1991–92 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season; 1992–93 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season; 1991–92 Australian region cyclone season; 1992–93 Australian region cyclone season; 1991–92 South Pacific cyclone season; 1992–93 South Pacific cyclone season;
	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

The year 1992 featured the highest amount of

Category 5 tropical cyclones

would form in 1992.

Tropical cyclones are primarily monitored by a group of ten warning centers, which have been designated as a

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center

(JTWC), and the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center.

Systems

January

Tropical cyclones formed in January 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Axel	January 4–15	100 (65)	980	Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands	None	None
Betsy	January 4–14	165 (105)	940	Vanuatu	Unknown	4
Mark	January 7–10	100 (65)	980	Northern Territory,Queensland	$3.6 million	None
16S	January 13	45 (30)	1004	None	None	None
13P	January 16–18			None	None	None
Ekeka	January 28 – February 8	185 (115)	982	None	None	None

February

Tropical cyclones formed in February 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Cliff	February 5–9	95 (60)	980	French Polynesia	Unknown	Unknown
Celesta	February 8–14	85 (50)	985	None	None	None
Daman	February 11–19	155 (100)	965	New South Wales	Unknown	Unknown
Davilia	February 16–25	75 (45)	988	None	None	None
18P	February 19–20	65 (40)	997	Queensland	Unknown	Unknown
Elizabetha	February 22–26	65 (40)	992	Madagascar	Unknown	None
Farida	February 24 –March 4	150 (90)	941	None	None	None
Harriet-Heather	February 24 –March 8	215 (130)	930	Western Australia	$6 million	Unknown
Esau	Feb 24 – Mar 9	185 (115)	925	(Solomon Islands) (Vanuatu) (New Caledonia) (New Zealand)	Minimal	1
Gerda	February 24 – March 4	65 (40)	992	Mauritius	None	None
H1	February 26 – March 1	55 (35)	995	None	None	None
Ian	February 27 – March 4	215 (130)	930	Western Australia	Minimal	None

March

Tropical cyclones formed in March 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Fran	March 4–17	205 (125)	920	Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Australia	$9.4 million	5
Gene	March 15–19	95 (60)	985	Cook Islands	Unknown	Unknown
Hettie	March 23–29	75 (45)	987	French Polynesia	Minimal	None
Hali	March 28–30	85 (50)	1004	None	None	None

April

Tropical cyclones formed in April 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Unnamed	April 7–8			None	None	None
Neville	April 7–13	215 (130)	945	Northern Territory, Western Australia	Minimal	None
Jane-Irna	April 8–19	215 (130)	930	None	None	None
Unnamed	April 21–24	85 (50)	1002	None	None	None
Innis	April 23 – May 2	95 (60)	985	Tokelau, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu	None	None

May

May 1992 was the record-breaking least active month ever recorded in the history of worldwide tropical cyclogenesis with only one tropical cyclone within the month – BOB 01 – the first cyclonic storm of the 1992 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. Although Tropical Cyclone Innis was active in the month, it was counted for the month of April, as that was the month it formed in.

Tropical cyclones formed in May 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths	Refs
BOB 01	May 16–20	65 (40)	992	Myanmar (Rakhine State)	Unknown	27–46	^[2]^[3]

June

Hurricane Celia

Tropical cyclones formed in June 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Agatha	June 1–5	110 (70)	990	Southwestern Mexico	Minimal	10
ARB 01	June 5–12	85 (50)	994	None	None	None
Two-E	June 16–19	55 (35)	1009	None	None	None
BOB 02	June 17–18	55 (35)	980	India	Unknown	48-418
Blas	June 22–23	65 (40)	1004	None	None	None
Celia	June 22 – July 4	230 (145)	935	None	None	None
Bobbie (Asiang)	June 23–30	165 (105)	940	Philippines, Japan	$2.9 million	Unknown
Chuck (Biring)	June 24 – July 1	130 (80)	965	Philippines, South China, Vietnam	$36.4 million	7
One	June 25–26	55 (35)	1007	Cuba, Florida	$2.6 million	5
Deanna	June 28 – July 3	75 (45)	1002	Caroline Islands	None	None

July

Hurricane Frank

Tropical cyclones formed in July 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Darby	July 2–10	195 (120)	968	California	Minimal	3
Eli (Konsing)	July 8–14	130 (80)	965	Caroline Islands, Philippines, South China, Vietnam	$235 million	1
Estelle	July 5–12	220 (140)	943	None	None	None
Frank	July 13–23	230 (145)	935	None	None	None
Georgette	July 14–26	175 (110)	964	None	None	None
Faye	July 15–18	65 (40)	1000	Philippines, South China	None	2
Gary (Ditang)	July 17–24	100 (65)	980	Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands	$940 million	48
Two	July 24–26	55 (35)	1015	None	None	None
BOB 03	July 24–28	55 (35)	984	India
Howard	July 26–30	100 (65)	992	None	None	None
Helen	July 26–28	75 (45)	996	None	None	None
Isis	July 28 – August 2	100 (65)	992	None	None	None
TD	July 29	Unknown	1010	None	None	None
Javier	July 30 – August 12	130 (80)	985	None	None	None
TD	July 30–31	Unknown	1012	None	None	None
Irving (Edeng)	July 31 – August 5	100 (65)	980	Japan, South Korea	$1 million	3

August

Tropical cyclones formed in August 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Janis (Gloring)	August 3–9	175 (110)	935	Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Japan	$45.6 million	2
Kent	August 6–19	175 (110)	930	Marshall Islands, Japan	Unknown	5
Twelve-E	August 10–12	55 (35)	1008	None	None	None
Lois (Huaning)	August 14–21	65 (40)	996	None	None	None
Mark	August 15–19	85 (50)	990	China, Taiwan	$10.4 million	1
Andrew	August 16–28	280 (175)	922	Mid-Atlantic states	$27.3 billion	65
Nina	August 17–21	65 (40)	996	None	None	None
Kay	August 18–22	85 (50)	1000	None	None	None
Lester	August 20–24	130 (80)	985	Northwestern Mid-Atlantic states	$45 million	3
TD	August 23–24	Unknown	1008	Japan	None	None
Omar (Lusing)	August 24 – September 9	185 (115)	920	Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, China, Ryukyu Islands	$561 million	15
TD	August 25–26	Unknown	1000	None	None	None
Madeline	August 27–30	85 (50)	999	None	None	None
Newton	August 27–30	85 (50)	999	None	None	None
Polly (Isang)	August 27 – September 1	100 (65)	975	Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, China	$450 million	202

September

Tropical cyclones formed in September 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Ryan	September 1–11	155 (100)	945	Mariana Islands	None	None
Orlene	September 2–14	230 (145)	934	None	None	None
Sibyl	September 4–15	155 (100)	940	None	None	None
Iniki	September 5–13	230 (145)	938	Hawaii	$3.1 billion	6
Paine	September 11–16	120 (75)	987	None	None	None
Roslyn	September 13–30	155 (100)	975	None	None	None
Bonnie	September 17–30	175 (110)	965	Azores	None	1
Seymour	September 17–27	140 (85)	980	None	None	None
Tina	September 17 – October 11	240 (150)	932	Western Mexico	None	None
Ted (Maring)	September 18–24	95 (60)	985	Philippines, Taiwan, East China, Korea	$360 million	61
TD	September 19–20	Unknown	1004	South China, Vietnam	None	None
Charley	September 21–27	175 (110)	965	Azores	Minimal	None
Danielle	September 22–26	95 (60)	1001	North Carolina, Maryland, New England	Minimal	2
05	September 22–25	55 (35)	1000	Bangladesh, India	None	None
Val	September 24–27	85 (50)	990	None	None	None
Seven	September 25 – October 1	55 (35)	1008	None	None	None
Earl	September 26 – October 3	100 (65)	990	Florida, Georgia, North Carolina	None	None
Ward	September 27 – October 7	155 (100)	945	None	None	None
Avoina	September 29 – October 4	75 (45)	988	None	None	None
ARB 02	September 30 – October 4	85 (50)	996	Oman, Saudi Arabia	None	None

October

Typhoon Yvette

Tropical cyclones formed in October 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Virgil	October 1–5	215 (130)	948	Southwestern Mexico	Minimal	None
Winifred	October 6–10	185 (115)	960	Western Mexico	$5 million	3
BOB 04	October 6–9	55 (35)	998	India	None	60
TD	October 7	Unknown	1007	Vietnam	None	None
Yvette (Ningning)	October 7–17	185 (115)	915	Philippines	None	None
Zack	October 8–16	75 (45)	992	Marshall Islands	None	None
Xavier	October 13–15	75 (45)	1003	None	None	None
Yolanda	October 15–22	100 (65)	993	None	None	None
Angela (Osang)	October 15–30	120 (75)	970	Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand	Unknown	49
Brian	October 17–25	150 (90)	950	Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands	None	None
Colleen (Paring)	October 17–25	100 (65)	985	Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar	Unknown	Unknown
Babie	October 18–21	75 (45)	991	None	None	None
BOB 05	October 22–25	65 (40)	996	Myanmar, Bangladesh	None	None
Frances	October 13–27	140 (85)	976	Newfoundland, Iberian Peninsula	None	None
Zeke	October 25–30	85 (50)	999	None	None	None
Dan	October 25 – November 3	165 (105)	935	Marshall Islands	None	None
Elsie (Reming)	October 29 – November 7	150 (90)	950	Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands	None	None
29W	October 31 – November 2	45 (30)	1004	None	None	None

November

Tropical cyclones formed in November 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
BOB 06	November 3–7	85 (50)	998	None	None	None
TD	November 10–11		1008	Philippines	None	None
BOB 07	November 10–17	100 (65)	988	Sri Lanka, India	$69 million	263
Forrest	November 13–22	185 (115)	952	Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand	Unknown	2
Gay (Seniang)	November 14–29	205 (125)	900	Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Guam, Japan, Aleutian Islands	None	1
Hunt	November 15–21	165 (105)	940	Mariana Islands	None	None
Three-C	November 22–23	55 (35)	1008	None	None	None
ARB 03	November 30 – December 3	45 (30)	987	None	None	None

December

Tropical cyclones formed in December 1992
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
Joni	December 3–13	165 (105)	940	Tuvalu, Fiji	$1 million	1
ARB 04	December 20–24	55 (35)	1002	Somalia	None	None
Nina	December 21, 1992 – January 5, 1993	140 (85)	960	Queensland, Solomon Islands, Rotuma, Wallis and Futuna, Tuvalu, Tonga, Niue	$110 million	26
Kina	December 26, 1992 – January 5, 1993	150 (90)	955	Fiji, Tonga	$110 million	26

Global effects

There are a total of 9 tropical cyclone basins, 7 are seasonal and two are non-seasonal, thus all 8 basins except the Mediterranean are active. In this table, data from all these basins are added.

Season name	Areas affected	Systems formed	Named storms	Damage ( USD )	Deaths
1992 Atlantic hurricane season
1992 Pacific hurricane season
1992 Pacific typhoon season
1992 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
1991–92 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
1992–93 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
1991–92 Australian region cyclone season
1992–93 Australian region cyclone season
1991–92 South Pacific cyclone season
1992–93 South Pacific cyclone season

References

^ "Global statistics compared with climatology". Colorado State University. 2023.
^ "27 killed by heavy storm in western Burma". Bangkok, Thailand. Agence France-Presse. May 26, 1992. – via Lexis Nexis (subscription required)
^ "Storm kills 27 persons in western Myanmar state". Yangon, Myanmar. Xinhua General News. May 27, 1992. – via Lexis Nexis (subscription required)

External links

Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers

US National Hurricane Center – North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific
Central Pacific Hurricane Center – Central Pacific
Japan Meteorological Agency – NW Pacific
India Meteorological Department – Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea
Météo-France – La Reunion – South Indian Ocean from 30°E to 90°E
Fiji Meteorological Service – South Pacific west of 160°E, north of 25° S

Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers

Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia – South Indian Ocean from 90°E to 141°E, generally north of 10°S
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (TCWC's Perth, Darwin & Brisbane) – South Indian Ocean & South Pacific Ocean from 90°E to 160°E, generally south of 10°S
Papua New Guinea National Weather Service – South Pacific Ocean from 141°E to 160°E, generally north of 10°S
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited – South Pacific west of 160°E, south of 25°S

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Weather Service.

[1] "Global statistics compared with climatology". Colorado State University. 2023.

[01B_LN1-2] "27 killed by heavy storm in western Burma". Bangkok, Thailand. Agence France-Presse. May 26, 1992. – via Lexis Nexis (subscription required)

[01B_LN2-3] "Storm kills 27 persons in western Myanmar state". Yangon, Myanmar. Xinhua General News. May 27, 1992. – via Lexis Nexis (subscription required)

[2]

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v t e Tropical cyclones in 1992
Cyclones	Australian region (1991–92 1992–93) North Indian Ocean South-West Indian Ocean (1991–92 1992–93) South Pacific (1991–92 1992–93)
Hurricanes	Atlantic Pacific
Typhoons	Pacific
Non-seasonal lists	Mediterranean South Atlantic