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.























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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 14.1N 105.8W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 13.8N 106.1W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 13.6N 106.6W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 13.7N 107.3W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 14.1N 107.9W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 14.7N 108.4W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 15.3N 109.0W | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 15.7N 109.5W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 16.1N 109.9W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 16.3N 110.5W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 16.3N 111.1W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 16.3N 111.7W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 16.2N 112.3W | 85 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 16.1N 113.0W | 90 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 16.1N 113.8W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 16.0N 114.7W | 100 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 15.9N 115.7W | 105 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 15.8N 116.9W | 110 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 15.7N 118.1W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 15.8N 119.3W | 120 kt | 941 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 15.9N 120.6W | 125 kt | 936 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 16.1N 121.8W | 125 kt | 935 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 16.5N 123.2W | 120 kt | 936 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 16.9N 124.6W | 115 kt | 941 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 17.5N 126.0W | 110 kt | 946 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 18.2N 127.4W | 105 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 18.9N 128.9W | 100 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 19.5N 130.3W | 95 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 20.1N 131.7W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 20.7N 133.0W | 80 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 21.1N 134.3W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 21.6N 135.4W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 22.1N 136.4W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 22.6N 137.3W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 23.1N 138.3W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 23.6N 139.3W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 23.9N 140.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 24.2N 141.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 24.7N 142.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 25.3N 143.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 26.3N 144.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 26.9N 145.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 27.3N 145.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
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 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.