Tropical Storm Hettie (1992)
Tropical Storm Hettie peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between March 27, 1992 and March 30, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Hettie. 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
- South Pacific
- Dates
- March 27, 1992 to March 30, 1992
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 3048 km (1894 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- 1992088S23215
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 23.2S 145.0W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 24.2S 144.5W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 25.0S 144.0W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 28, 06:00 | 26.0S 141.5W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 28, 12:00 | 27.2S 139.5W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 28.2S 137.5W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 29.0S 136.0W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 30.0S 132.7W | 35 kt | 995 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 29, 12:00 | 30.5S 129.5W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 29, 18:00 | 33.5S 124.5W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 30, 00:00 | 36.0S 120.0W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 1992
- Cyclone TiaSouth Pacific · 1992
- Cyclone ValSouth Pacific · 1992
- Cyclone WasaSouth Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm ArthurSouth Pacific · 1992
- Cyclone BetsySouth Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1992
- Cyclone CliffSouth Pacific · 1992
- Cyclone DamanSouth Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1992
- Cyclone EsauSouth Pacific · 1992
- Cyclone FranSouth Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm GeneSouth Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm HettieSouth Pacific · 1992
- Cyclone InnisSouth 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. 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.