The 1892 season

Unnamed hurricane (1892)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 3, 1892 and September 17, 1892.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1892 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
September 3, 1892 to September 17, 1892
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 227 km (141 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
29.1
Identifier
AL031892

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 3, 06:0011.5N 33.0W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 3, 12:0011.6N 34.6W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 3, 18:0011.9N 36.3W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0012.2N 37.8W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 06:0012.4N 39.1W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 12:0012.7N 40.2W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 18:0012.9N 41.0W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 00:0013.2N 41.7W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 06:0013.4N 42.3W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 12:0013.7N 43.1W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0014.2N 44.2W65 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 00:0014.8N 45.4W65 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 06:0015.4N 46.6W70 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 12:0016.1N 47.5W75 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 18:0016.8N 48.2W75 ktHurricane
Sep 7, 00:0017.4N 48.8W80 ktHurricane
Sep 7, 06:0018.1N 49.4W85 ktHurricane
Sep 7, 12:0018.7N 49.9W85 ktHurricane
Sep 7, 18:0019.3N 50.4W85 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 00:0019.9N 50.9W85 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 06:0020.5N 51.3W85 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 12:0021.2N 51.8W85 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 18:0022.0N 52.3W85 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 00:0022.9N 52.7W85 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 06:0023.8N 53.1W85 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 12:0024.7N 53.4W85 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 18:0025.6N 53.6W85 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 00:0026.4N 53.8W85 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 06:0027.3N 54.0W85 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 12:0028.1N 54.1W85 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 18:0029.0N 54.3W85 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 00:0029.8N 54.4W85 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 06:0030.7N 54.5W85 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 12:0031.7N 54.6W85 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 18:0032.9N 54.5W85 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 00:0034.5N 54.0W85 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 06:0036.1N 53.2W85 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 12:0037.6N 52.2W85 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 18:0038.9N 50.9W85 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 00:0040.3N 49.3W85 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 06:0041.5N 47.3W85 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 12:0042.8N 45.0W85 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 18:0044.0N 42.3W80 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 00:0045.1N 39.3W75 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 06:0046.1N 36.3W70 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 12:0047.0N 33.8W65 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 18:0047.7N 31.6W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 15, 00:0048.2N 29.4W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0048.5N 27.2W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0048.7N 25.0W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0048.2N 22.8W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0047.5N 20.6W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 16, 06:0046.8N 18.4W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0046.2N 16.2W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0045.6N 14.4W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0045.1N 13.1W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0044.7N 12.2W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0044.3N 11.5W35 ktTropical storm

Other North Atlantic storms of 1892

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.