Tropical Storm Gerda (1992)
Tropical Storm Gerda peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between February 29, 1992 and March 1, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Gerda, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 29, 1992 to March 1, 1992
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 330 km (205 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Identifier
- 1992060S18061
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 06:00 | 18.4S 60.7E | 31 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 29, 12:00 | 18.0S 60.0E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 29, 18:00 | 17.1S 60.6E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 16.2S 61.2E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 17.5S 62.1E | 31 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone GrahamSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone AlexandraSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm BrynaSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm MarkSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm CelestaSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm DaviliaSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm ElizabethaSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone FaridaSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone IanSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Depression GerdaSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone Harriet:HeatherSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm GerdaSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone NevilleSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone Irna:JaneSouth Indian · 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.