Tropical Storm Hettie (1992)
Tropical Storm Hettie peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between March 23, 1992 and March 29, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Hettie, 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 Pacific
- Dates
- March 23, 1992 to March 29, 1992
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 2438 km (1515 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.2
- Identifier
- SH271992
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 23, 18:00 | 10.0S 148.1W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 10.4S 148.3W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 10.8S 148.5W | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 11.3S 148.7W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 11.8S 149.0W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 12.3S 149.2W | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 13.1S 149.3W | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 13.9S 149.4W | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 25, 18:00 | 14.7S 149.4W | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 26, 00:00 | 15.7S 149.1W | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 26, 06:00 | 16.9S 148.7W | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 26, 12:00 | 18.2S 148.1W | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 26, 18:00 | 19.6S 147.3W | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 00:00 | 21.0S 146.3W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 06:00 | 22.3S 145.2W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 23.5S 143.8W | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 24.5S 142.3W | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 25.4S 140.6W | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 06:00 | 26.4S 138.7W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 12:00 | 27.4S 136.6W | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 28.3S 134.1W | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 29.0S 131.2W | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 29.3S 128.1W | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
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.
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.