Hurricane Estelle (1992)
Hurricane Estelle reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 9, 1992 and July 17, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 943 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Estelle, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 9, 1992 to July 17, 1992
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 943 mb (27.85 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 907 km (564 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.7
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP061992
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 11.7N 108.4W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 12.1N 109.3W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 12.3N 110.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 12.6N 111.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 12.7N 112.4W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 12.6N 113.4W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 12.3N 114.4W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 12.0N 115.3W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 11.8N 116.3W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 11.9N 117.2W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 12.1N 118.1W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 12.6N 118.9W | 105 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 13.3N 119.5W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 13.8N 120.2W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 14.3N 120.7W | 110 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 14.9N 121.2W | 105 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 15.4N 121.5W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 15.8N 121.7W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 16.3N 122.0W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 16.8N 122.3W | 120 kt | 943 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 17.3N 122.6W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 18.0N 122.9W | 110 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 18.8N 123.4W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 19.7N 123.9W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 20.6N 124.3W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 21.5N 124.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 22.1N 125.4W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 22.6N 126.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 23.0N 126.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 23.3N 127.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 23.5N 128.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 23.6N 128.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 23.5N 129.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 23.5N 130.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
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 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
- Hurricane DanEastern 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.