The 1992 season

Typhoon Bobbie (1992)

Typhoon Bobbie reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between June 20, 1992 and July 3, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Bobbie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1992 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
Western Pacific
Dates
June 20, 1992 to July 3, 1992
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
20.1
Identifier
WP021992

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Jun 29, 00:00 UTC

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
Jun 20, 06:007.2N 143.6E15 ktNot reported
Jun 20, 12:007.7N 142.7E15 ktNot reported
Jun 20, 18:008.1N 141.8E15 ktNot reported
Jun 21, 00:008.5N 140.9E15 ktNot reported
Jun 21, 06:008.9N 140.0E15 ktNot reported
Jun 21, 12:009.2N 139.0E20 ktNot reported
Jun 21, 18:009.4N 138.0E20 ktNot reported
Jun 22, 00:009.5N 137.0E20 ktNot reported
Jun 22, 06:009.5N 136.0E20 ktNot reported
Jun 22, 12:009.5N 134.9E25 ktTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:009.6N 133.9E25 ktTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:009.8N 132.9E25 ktTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0010.1N 132.0E25 ktTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0010.7N 131.6E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0011.2N 131.4E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 00:0011.6N 131.2E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 06:0011.9N 130.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 12:0012.3N 130.3E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 24, 18:0012.7N 129.6E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 00:0013.4N 128.9E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 06:0014.2N 128.2E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 12:0015.0N 127.6E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 18:0015.8N 126.9E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 00:0016.6N 126.3E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 06:0017.4N 125.7E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 12:0018.2N 125.0E110 kt950 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 18:0019.1N 124.6E120 kt945 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 00:0020.0N 124.2E120 kt940 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 06:0020.9N 124.0E120 kt940 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 12:0021.8N 123.8E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 18:0022.7N 123.9E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 00:0023.6N 124.2E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 06:0024.3N 124.8E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 12:0024.8N 125.7E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 18:0025.3N 126.7E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 00:0025.8N 127.9E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 06:0026.3N 129.2E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 12:0027.0N 130.7E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 18:0028.0N 132.2E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 00:0029.2N 133.7E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 06:0031.1N 135.4E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 12:0033.2N 137.8E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 18:0035.8N 141.7E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 00:0037.7N 148.1E45 kt984 mbExtratropical
Jul 1, 06:0040.0N 148.0E984 mbExtratropical
Jul 1, 12:0041.0N 151.0E984 mbExtratropical
Jul 1, 18:0041.0N 154.0E984 mbExtratropical
Jul 2, 00:0041.0N 158.0E984 mbExtratropical
Jul 2, 06:0041.0N 163.0E984 mbExtratropical
Jul 2, 12:0042.0N 168.0E988 mbExtratropical
Jul 2, 18:0043.0N 172.0E990 mbExtratropical
Jul 3, 00:0045.0N 176.0E992 mbExtratropical
Jul 3, 06:0046.0N 179.0E992 mbExtratropical
Jul 3, 12:0049.0N 182.0EExtratropical

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.