Hurricane Iniki (1992)
Hurricane Iniki reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between September 5, 1992 and September 13, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 938 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 5, 1992 to September 13, 1992
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 938 mb (27.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- EP181992
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 11.7N 131.5W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 11.7N 133.0W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 11.9N 133.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 11.9N 135.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 12.0N 137.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 12.1N 138.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 12.2N 139.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 12.3N 141.1W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 12.3N 141.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 12.2N 142.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 12.1N 143.0W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 12.0N 144.5W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 12.0N 146.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 12.1N 147.5W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 12.3N 149.0W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 12.4N 150.2W | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 12.7N 151.6W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 13.0N 152.9W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 13.4N 154.3W | 80 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 13.8N 155.5W | 85 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 14.3N 156.9W | 90 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 14.7N 157.8W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 15.2N 158.6W | 100 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 15.9N 159.3W | 110 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 16.8N 159.8W | 115 kt | 947 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 18.2N 160.2W | 120 kt | 939 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 19.5N 160.0W | 125 kt | 938 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 21.5N 159.8W | 115 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 23.7N 159.4W | 100 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 25.7N 159.0W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 28.1N 158.9W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 30.4N 158.8W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 33.0N 158.7W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 35.0N 158.5W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 36.7N 158.1W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
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 HowardEastern 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 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.