The 1992 season

Typhoon Brian (1992)

Typhoon Brian reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between October 14, 1992 and October 25, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Brian, 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
October 14, 1992 to October 25, 1992
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 534 km (332 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.4
Identifier
WP251992

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Oct 21, 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
Oct 14, 12:008.5N 170.8E10 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 18:009.0N 170.1E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 00:009.4N 169.3E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 06:009.7N 168.3E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 12:009.9N 167.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 18:0010.1N 166.0E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 00:0010.2N 164.8E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 06:0010.3N 163.6E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 12:0010.4N 162.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 18:0010.5N 161.0E25 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 00:0010.5N 159.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0010.6N 158.4E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0010.7N 157.2E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0010.8N 156.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0010.9N 154.8E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0011.0N 153.6E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0011.1N 152.4E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0011.3N 151.3E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0011.5N 150.3E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0011.6N 149.5E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0011.8N 148.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0011.9N 147.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0012.0N 147.2E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0012.2N 146.6E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0012.4N 146.0E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0012.8N 145.4E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0013.3N 144.8E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0013.8N 144.2E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0014.5N 143.5E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0015.2N 142.8E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0016.2N 142.1E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0017.2N 141.5E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0018.1N 140.9E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0019.0N 140.3E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0019.9N 139.7E95 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0020.9N 139.2E95 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0022.0N 138.7E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0023.3N 138.2E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0024.7N 137.9E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0026.3N 138.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0028.2N 139.5E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0030.5N 141.7E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0032.1N 145.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0033.0N 149.3E40 kt998 mbMixed
Oct 25, 12:0033.5N 153.5E35 ktNot reported

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.