The 1992 season

Typhoon Colleen (1992)

Typhoon Colleen reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between October 15, 1992 and October 29, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Colleen, 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 15, 1992 to October 29, 1992
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.6
Identifier
WP261992

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 15, 00:008.0N 134.9E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 06:008.2N 134.7E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 12:008.5N 134.6E15 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 18:008.8N 134.6E15 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 00:009.1N 134.6E15 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 06:009.4N 134.7E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 12:009.8N 134.7E20 ktNot reported
Oct 16, 18:0010.1N 134.6E20 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 00:0010.3N 134.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 06:0010.5N 134.2E20 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 12:0010.7N 133.8E20 ktNot reported
Oct 17, 18:0011.0N 133.1E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0011.3N 132.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0011.8N 131.6E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0012.2N 131.0E40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0012.7N 130.4E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0013.0N 130.1E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0013.4N 129.9E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0013.7N 129.7E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0014.1N 129.7E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0014.3N 129.9E70 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0014.4N 130.2E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0014.3N 130.4E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0014.1N 130.6E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0013.8N 130.7E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0013.6N 130.8E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0013.4N 130.9E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0013.2N 130.8E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0013.0N 130.7E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0013.0N 130.6E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0013.0N 130.4E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0013.1N 130.2E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0013.4N 130.1E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0013.7N 130.0E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0014.1N 130.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0014.6N 130.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0015.0N 130.1E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0015.5N 129.6E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0015.7N 129.0E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0015.6N 128.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0015.2N 126.7E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0015.0N 125.3E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0015.0N 123.9E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0014.8N 122.4E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0014.6N 120.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0014.5N 119.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0014.3N 117.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0014.0N 116.4E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0013.5N 114.9E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:0013.5N 113.4E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0013.7N 111.9E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 18:0013.9N 110.6E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 00:0014.3N 109.4E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 06:0014.7N 108.2E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 12:0014.8N 106.8E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 18:0014.8N 105.5E30 kt998 mbMixed
Oct 29, 00:0014.8N 104.1E25 kt1002 mbMixed
Oct 29, 06:0015.0N 102.7E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 12:0015.6N 101.4E15 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 18:0016.3N 100.1E15 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.