Hurricane Frances (1992)
Hurricane Frances reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 22, 1992 and October 30, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Frances. 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
- October 22, 1992 to October 30, 1992
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 976 mb (28.82 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Identifier
- AL101992
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 22, 12:00 | 26.3N 60.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 26.6N 61.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 27.1N 61.4W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 27.7N 61.4W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 28.3N 61.3W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 28.7N 61.1W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 29.0N 60.6W | 65 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 29.6N 59.9W | 70 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 30.6N 58.8W | 75 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 32.1N 57.4W | 75 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 33.8N 56.2W | 70 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 35.7N 54.9W | 65 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 37.7N 53.7W | 65 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 39.6N 52.7W | 60 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 41.4N 51.7W | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 43.2N 50.2W | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 44.8N 48.6W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 46.0N 46.9W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 47.0N 44.9W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 47.6N 42.7W | 50 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 48.0N 40.0W | 45 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 48.0N 37.0W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 48.0N 34.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 47.5N 31.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 47.0N 27.5W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 46.0N 24.0W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 45.0N 20.0W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 44.0N 16.0W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 43.5N 12.0W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 43.0N 9.0W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 43.0N 7.0W | 30 kt | 1002 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
- Hurricane CharleyNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Tropical Storm DanielleNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1992
- Tropical Storm EarlNorth 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.