Cyclone Innis (1992)

Cyclone Innis reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between April 27, 1992 and May 6, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Innis, 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.

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The storm

Basin: South Pacific
Dates: April 27, 1992 to May 6, 1992
Peak strength: Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure: 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 107 km (66 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 7.0
Identifier: SH301992

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
Apr 27, 06:00	10.3S 178.8E	20 kt		Tropical storm
Apr 27, 12:00	10.4S 177.6E	20 kt		Tropical storm
Apr 27, 18:00	10.6S 176.4E	20 kt		Tropical storm
Apr 28, 00:00	10.7S 175.2E	25 kt		Tropical storm
Apr 28, 06:00	10.8S 174.3E	25 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 28, 12:00	11.0S 173.3E	25 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Apr 28, 18:00	11.3S 172.2E	35 kt	997 mb	XX
Apr 29, 00:00	11.8S 171.4E	45 kt	995 mb	XX
Apr 29, 06:00	12.4S 170.6E	50 kt	995 mb	XX
Apr 29, 12:00	12.9S 170.0E	60 kt	990 mb	XX
Apr 29, 18:00	13.4S 169.5E	65 kt	987 mb	XX
Apr 30, 00:00	14.0S 169.1E	65 kt	985 mb	XX
Apr 30, 06:00	14.6S 168.8E	60 kt	987 mb	XX
Apr 30, 12:00	15.2S 168.5E	55 kt	987 mb	XX
Apr 30, 18:00	16.0S 168.4E	50 kt	987 mb	XX
May 1, 00:00	16.8S 169.2E	45 kt	990 mb	XX
May 1, 06:00	17.8S 170.3E	40 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 1, 12:00	19.0S 172.0E	40 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 1, 18:00	20.5S 173.8E	35 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 2, 00:00	22.1S 175.9E	35 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 2, 06:00	23.9S 178.2E	35 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 2, 12:00	25.8S 179.3W	35 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 2, 18:00	27.9S 186.0E	40 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 3, 00:00	29.8S 189.9E	45 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
May 3, 06:00	31.3S 192.6E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
May 3, 12:00	32.5S 195.0E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 3, 18:00	34.0S 198.0E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 4, 00:00	35.3S 201.4E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 4, 06:00	35.8S 203.0E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 4, 12:00	36.4S 204.8E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 4, 18:00	37.1S 206.8E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 5, 00:00	37.8S 209.0E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 5, 06:00	37.8S 211.5E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 5, 12:00	38.0S 214.0E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 5, 18:00	40.0S 216.5E	50 kt	985 mb	Not reported
May 6, 00:00	41.5S 218.0E	40 kt	990 mb	Not reported

Other South 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.