Hurricane Dan (1992)
Hurricane Dan reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between October 23, 1992 and November 5, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 23, 1992 to November 5, 1992
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 935 mb (27.61 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1503 km (934 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 28.6
- Identifier
- WP271992
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 9.6N 173.2W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 9.8N 174.0W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 10.0N 174.8W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 10.2N 175.7W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 10.4N 176.6W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 10.7N 177.6W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 11.0N 178.7W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 11.7N 179.5W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 12.6N 179.7E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 13.3N 178.7E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 13.7N 177.5E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 14.2N 176.0E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 14.7N 174.3E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 15.2N 172.6E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 15.7N 171.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 16.4N 169.9E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 17.1N 168.9E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 17.8N 168.0E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 18.6N 167.1E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 19.5N 166.2E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 20.3N 165.4E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 21.0N 164.9E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 21.6N 164.6E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 22.0N 164.5E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 22.1N 164.3E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 22.0N 164.1E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 21.7N 163.6E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 21.3N 162.8E | 85 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 20.7N 161.7E | 85 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 20.2N 160.5E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 19.7N 159.2E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 19.3N 157.8E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 19.1N 156.2E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 19.2N 154.5E | 85 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 00:00 | 19.6N 152.9E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 06:00 | 20.1N 151.4E | 105 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 12:00 | 20.8N 150.2E | 110 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 18:00 | 21.6N 149.3E | 110 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 00:00 | 22.4N 148.8E | 105 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 06:00 | 23.1N 148.9E | 105 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 12:00 | 23.9N 149.6E | 100 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 2, 18:00 | 24.9N 150.8E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 00:00 | 26.2N 152.6E | 80 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 06:00 | 27.8N 154.7E | 70 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 12:00 | 29.4N 156.9E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 18:00 | 31.1N 159.0E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 00:00 | 33.0N 161.0E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 4, 06:00 | 32.9N 162.7E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 33.5N 164.3E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 33.5N 166.5E | 1012 mb | Extratropical | |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 33.0N 168.5E | 1012 mb | Extratropical |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1992
- Hurricane EkekaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm HaliEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane EstelleEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm HowardEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm IsisEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane KentEastern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane LesterEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm NewtonEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm MadelineEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane OrleneEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane InikiEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane PaineEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane RoslynEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane TinaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane SeymourEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane WardEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane VirgilEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane WinifredEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm XavierEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm YolandaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm ZekeEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane GayEastern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 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.