The 1992 season

Hurricane Frank (1992)

Hurricane Frank reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 13, 1992 and July 23, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Hurricane Frank. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
July 13, 1992 to July 23, 1992
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
935 mb (27.61 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 530 km (329 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
26.4
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
EP071992

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
Jul 13, 06:0014.1N 105.8W25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jul 13, 12:0013.8N 106.1W25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Jul 13, 18:0013.6N 106.6W30 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Jul 14, 00:0013.7N 107.3W35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 06:0014.1N 107.9W40 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 12:0014.7N 108.4W50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 14, 18:0015.3N 109.0W55 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 15, 00:0015.7N 109.5W60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jul 15, 06:0016.1N 109.9W65 kt986 mbHurricane
Jul 15, 12:0016.3N 110.5W70 kt982 mbHurricane
Jul 15, 18:0016.3N 111.1W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Jul 16, 00:0016.3N 111.7W80 kt975 mbHurricane
Jul 16, 06:0016.2N 112.3W85 kt971 mbHurricane
Jul 16, 12:0016.1N 113.0W90 kt968 mbHurricane
Jul 16, 18:0016.1N 113.8W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Jul 17, 00:0016.0N 114.7W100 kt961 mbHurricane
Jul 17, 06:0015.9N 115.7W105 kt957 mbHurricane
Jul 17, 12:0015.8N 116.9W110 kt953 mbHurricane
Jul 17, 18:0015.7N 118.1W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Jul 18, 00:0015.8N 119.3W120 kt941 mbHurricane
Jul 18, 06:0015.9N 120.6W125 kt936 mbHurricane
Jul 18, 12:0016.1N 121.8W125 kt935 mbHurricane
Jul 18, 18:0016.5N 123.2W120 kt936 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 00:0016.9N 124.6W115 kt941 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 06:0017.5N 126.0W110 kt946 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 12:0018.2N 127.4W105 kt952 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 18:0018.9N 128.9W100 kt958 mbHurricane
Jul 20, 00:0019.5N 130.3W95 kt964 mbHurricane
Jul 20, 06:0020.1N 131.7W90 kt969 mbHurricane
Jul 20, 12:0020.7N 133.0W80 kt974 mbHurricane
Jul 20, 18:0021.1N 134.3W75 kt978 mbHurricane
Jul 21, 00:0021.6N 135.4W75 kt982 mbHurricane
Jul 21, 06:0022.1N 136.4W70 kt986 mbHurricane
Jul 21, 12:0022.6N 137.3W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Jul 21, 18:0023.1N 138.3W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0023.6N 139.3W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0023.9N 140.6W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0024.2N 141.4W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0024.7N 142.4W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0025.3N 143.2W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jul 23, 06:0026.3N 144.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jul 23, 12:0026.9N 145.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jul 23, 18:0027.3N 145.5W25 kt1010 mbTropical storm

Other Eastern 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.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.