Tropical Storm Howard (1992)
Tropical Storm Howard peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between July 26, 1992 and July 31, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Howard, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 26, 1992 to July 31, 1992
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1175 km (730 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- EP091992
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 26, 06:00 | 13.1N 114.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 13.4N 115.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 13.6N 116.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 13.7N 117.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 13.7N 118.4W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 13.5N 119.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 13.3N 120.1W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 13.0N 121.2W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 12.7N 122.2W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 12.5N 123.2W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 12.4N 123.9W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 12.4N 124.7W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 12.6N 125.6W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 12.8N 126.7W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 13.1N 127.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 13.4N 129.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 13.7N 130.1W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 14.3N 131.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 15.0N 133.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 16.0N 135.0W | 20 kt | Not reported |
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 FrankEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern 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.