The 1992 season

Typhoon Gary (1992)

Typhoon Gary reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 16, 1992 and July 24, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Gary. 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
Western Pacific
Dates
July 16, 1992 to July 24, 1992
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.6
Identifier
WP071992

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 16, 00:0012.6N 135.4E15 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 06:0012.3N 134.8E15 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 12:0011.9N 134.1E15 ktNot reported
Jul 16, 18:0011.7N 133.2E15 ktNot reported
Jul 17, 00:0011.7N 132.3E20 ktNot reported
Jul 17, 06:0011.9N 131.4E20 kt1008 mbMixed
Jul 17, 12:0012.4N 130.5E20 kt1008 mbMixed
Jul 17, 18:0013.0N 129.7E20 kt1008 mbMixed
Jul 18, 00:0013.6N 128.9E20 kt1008 mbMixed
Jul 18, 06:0014.0N 128.0E20 kt1006 mbMixed
Jul 18, 12:0014.4N 126.9E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 18:0014.6N 125.8E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 00:0014.9N 124.8E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 06:0015.3N 123.9E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0015.9N 123.2E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0016.6N 122.7E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0017.1N 121.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0017.3N 120.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0017.5N 119.9E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0017.7N 118.9E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0018.1N 117.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0018.5N 116.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0018.9N 115.6E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0019.4N 114.6E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0019.9N 113.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0020.2N 112.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0020.5N 111.3E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0021.1N 110.1E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0021.6N 108.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0022.1N 107.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0022.5N 106.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0023.0N 105.4E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0023.6N 104.4E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0022.2N 102.2E1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0022.0N 100.8E1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0022.0N 99.5ETropical storm

Other Western 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.