The 1992 season

Typhoon Angela (1992)

Typhoon Angela reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between October 12, 1992 and October 30, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
October 12, 1992 to October 30, 1992
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.1
Identifier
WP241992

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
Oct 12, 06:0011.5N 114.5E15 ktNot reported
Oct 12, 12:0011.5N 114.8E15 ktNot reported
Oct 12, 18:0011.5N 115.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 00:0011.5N 115.3E15 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 06:0011.5N 115.6E20 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 12:0011.6N 115.8E20 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 18:0011.6N 116.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 00:0011.7N 116.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 06:0011.8N 116.7E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 12:0012.0N 117.2E20 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 18:0012.1N 117.5E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 00:0012.3N 117.9E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Oct 15, 06:0012.6N 118.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0013.0N 118.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0013.4N 118.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0013.7N 118.6E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0013.8N 118.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0013.9N 118.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0014.0N 118.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0013.9N 118.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0013.7N 117.8E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0013.4N 117.5E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0013.2N 117.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0012.9N 116.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0012.6N 116.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0012.3N 115.8E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0012.1N 115.3E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0012.0N 114.8E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0012.0N 114.2E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0012.1N 113.8E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0012.3N 113.4E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0012.5N 113.1E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0012.6N 112.8E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0012.7N 112.6E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0012.9N 112.5E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0013.1N 112.5E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0013.4N 112.4E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0013.6N 112.3E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0013.7N 112.2E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0013.8N 112.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0013.8N 111.8E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0013.8N 111.2E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0013.8N 110.5E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0013.8N 109.8E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0013.7N 109.0E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0013.6N 108.1E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0013.3N 107.2E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0013.0N 106.4E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0012.6N 106.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0012.1N 105.7E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0011.7N 105.4E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0011.4N 105.1E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0011.0N 104.9E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0010.6N 104.7E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0010.3N 104.4E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0010.0N 104.1E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:009.7N 103.8E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:009.2N 103.4E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:008.7N 103.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:008.5N 102.7E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:008.4N 102.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:008.4N 101.9E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 18:008.6N 101.5E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 00:008.9N 101.4E55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 06:009.2N 101.5E60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 12:009.4N 101.7E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 18:009.5N 101.9E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 00:009.5N 102.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 06:009.5N 102.5E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 12:009.5N 102.9E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 18:009.4N 104.2E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 00:009.5N 104.1E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 06:009.6N 103.8E1008 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 12:009.6N 103.5E1008 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1992

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.