The 1992 season

Typhoon Hunt (1992)

Typhoon Hunt reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 13, 1992 and November 22, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Hunt. 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
November 13, 1992 to November 22, 1992
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 713 km (443 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.8
Identifier
WP321992

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Nov 18, 06:00 UTC

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
Nov 13, 06:0011.1N 159.5E15 ktNot reported
Nov 13, 12:0011.3N 159.3E15 ktNot reported
Nov 13, 18:0011.5N 159.1E15 ktNot reported
Nov 14, 00:0011.8N 159.0E15 ktNot reported
Nov 14, 06:0012.1N 159.0E15 ktNot reported
Nov 14, 12:0012.3N 159.1E15 ktNot reported
Nov 14, 18:0012.5N 159.1E20 ktNot reported
Nov 15, 00:0012.8N 159.2E20 ktNot reported
Nov 15, 06:0013.0N 159.1E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:0013.1N 158.8E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:0013.1N 158.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:0013.0N 157.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:0013.0N 155.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:0013.0N 154.5E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:0013.0N 153.0E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:0012.7N 151.4E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:0012.6N 149.8E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:0012.5N 148.2E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:0012.7N 146.9E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:0013.2N 145.7E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0013.9N 144.8E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0014.4N 143.8E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0015.0N 142.9E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0015.7N 142.1E95 kt950 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0016.5N 141.3E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0017.2N 140.5E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0017.8N 139.7E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0019.0N 139.4E125 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0020.3N 139.5E125 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0021.8N 140.3E125 kt940 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0023.6N 141.5E120 kt945 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0025.7N 143.3E115 kt950 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0027.8N 146.2E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0030.5N 151.4E95 kt965 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0034.0N 156.2E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0039.6N 159.6E986 mbExtratropical
Nov 22, 06:0043.0N 167.8E988 mbExtratropical
Nov 22, 12:0045.5N 175.0E984 mbExtratropical
Nov 22, 18:0049.2N 182.7EExtratropical

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.