Hurricane Bonnie (1992)
Hurricane Bonnie reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 17, 1992 and October 2, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Bonnie. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 17, 1992 to October 2, 1992
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 995 km (618 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 23.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- AL051992
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 33.8N 59.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 33.5N 58.3W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 33.7N 58.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 34.0N 57.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 34.3N 58.1W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 34.2N 57.8W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 34.4N 57.4W | 80 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 34.7N 57.1W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 35.2N 56.8W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 35.6N 56.6W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 36.1N 56.2W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 36.5N 56.0W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 36.8N 55.5W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 37.0N 54.6W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 37.2N 53.8W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 37.3N 53.0W | 90 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 37.5N 52.3W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 37.7N 51.5W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 37.7N 51.2W | 95 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 37.8N 51.0W | 90 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 37.8N 50.9W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 37.7N 50.7W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 37.6N 50.7W | 85 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 37.6N 50.8W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 37.5N 51.0W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 37.5N 51.1W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 37.5N 51.2W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 37.4N 51.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 37.2N 51.5W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 36.8N 51.8W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 36.3N 51.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 35.7N 51.8W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 35.1N 51.8W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 34.6N 51.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 34.1N 51.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 33.8N 50.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 33.3N 49.9W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 33.2N 48.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 33.1N 46.9W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 33.0N 45.4W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 33.0N 44.0W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 33.1N 43.0W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 33.4N 42.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 33.9N 41.0W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 34.5N 39.8W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 35.0N 38.5W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 35.2N 37.6W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 35.5N 36.6W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 36.1N 34.8W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 36.6N 32.1W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 37.3N 29.4W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 38.4N 26.4W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 39.0N 24.2W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 39.0N 22.8W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 39.0N 21.6W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 38.5N 21.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 38.2N 21.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 38.1N 21.8W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 37.9N 22.2W | 25 kt | 1014 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 37.8N 22.7W | 20 kt | 1015 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 38.0N 24.0W | 20 kt | 1017 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Hurricane AndrewNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Hurricane CharleyNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Tropical Storm DanielleNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Tropical Storm EarlNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.