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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

1992 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 10 storms · 21 Apr 1992–27 Oct 1992

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1992 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 10 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESCANADAMEXICOCUBABRAZILAFRICAEUROPECHINAJAPANINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanArabian SeaBay of BengalUnnamed: 21 Apr–24 Apr, no US-agency windUnnamed: 25 Jun–26 Jun, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 24 Jul–26 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionAndrew: 16 Aug–28 Aug, peak 150 kt, Category 5Bonnie: 17 Sep–30 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Charley: 21 Sep–27 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Danielle: 22 Sep–26 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 25 Sep–1 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionEarl: 26 Sep–3 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormFrances: 23 Oct–27 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–—Unclassified—430
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1007290
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1015350
Andrew–150Cat 59224,020
Bonnie–95Cat 29652,540
Charley–95Cat 29651,680
Danielle–55Tropical storm1001630
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10081,560
Earl–55Tropical storm9901,550
Frances–75Cat 19763,150

10 storms with an IBTrACS 1992 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 21 Apr 1992, last 27 Oct 1992.

Tropical storms7

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes4

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)1

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormAndrew

150 kt · 173 mph / 278 km/h

Lowest pressure922 hPa

Andrew, 23 Aug 1992

Longest track record15 days

Bonnie, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1992 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 4 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 7 tropical storms, with 1 major hurricane reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season?

Andrew, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 150 kt (Category 5) on 23 Aug 1992, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 922 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1992?

1 storm in the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Andrew.

When did the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 21 Apr 1992 and the last on 27 Oct 1992, from 10 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season?

Andrew, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 22 Aug 1992, 06:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the North Atlantic basin for the 1992 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every North Atlantic season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology