Hurricane Charley (1992)
Hurricane Charley reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 21, 1992 and September 29, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Charley. 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 21, 1992 to September 29, 1992
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb (28.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 328 km (204 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 29 kt (33 mph)
- Identifier
- AL061992
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 21, 18:00 | 30.0N 33.0W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 30.3N 33.6W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 30.9N 33.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 31.6N 34.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 32.5N 34.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 33.4N 34.2W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 34.1N 34.4W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 34.7N 34.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 35.2N 34.6W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 35.6N 34.6W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 35.8N 34.5W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 36.0N 34.3W | 90 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 36.1N 34.1W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 36.1N 33.8W | 95 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 36.0N 33.6W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 35.9N 33.4W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 35.9N 33.2W | 75 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 35.9N 32.8W | 70 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 36.1N 32.3W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 36.3N 31.5W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 36.6N 30.6W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 37.2N 29.4W | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 38.0N 28.0W | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 39.0N 26.3W | 55 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 40.4N 24.4W | 50 kt | 983 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 42.0N 22.3W | 45 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 43.5N 20.2W | 40 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 45.2N 18.3W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 47.1N 15.9W | 40 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 49.5N 13.5W | 45 kt | 980 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 BonnieNorth 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.