Cyclone Betsy (1992)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

January 4, 1992 to January 19, 1992

Peak strength

Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)

Lowest pressure

940 mb (27.76 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

17.6

Fastest the center moved

17 kt (20 mph)

Identifier

SH111992

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.

• Cyclone TiaSouth Pacific · 1992Cat 295 kt · 960 mb
• Cyclone ValSouth Pacific · 1992Cat 4125 kt · 940 mb
• Cyclone WasaSouth Pacific · 1992Cat 3105 kt · 940 mb
• Tropical Storm ArthurSouth Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm35 kt
• Cyclone CliffSouth Pacific · 1992Cat 170 kt · 980 mb
• Cyclone DamanSouth Pacific · 1992Cat 285 kt · 965 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm35 kt
• Cyclone EsauSouth Pacific · 1992Cat 4130 kt · 925 mb
• Cyclone FranSouth Pacific · 1992Cat 5140 kt · 920 mb
• Tropical Storm GeneSouth Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm60 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm HettieSouth Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm55 kt · 987 mb
• Tropical Storm HettieSouth Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm45 kt · 987 mb
• Cyclone InnisSouth Pacific · 1992Cat 165 kt · 985 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Cyclone Betsy