The 1992 season

Typhoon Janis (1992)

Typhoon Janis reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between July 30, 1992 and August 13, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Janis. 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
July 30, 1992 to August 13, 1992
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
935 mb (27.61 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.3
Fastest the center moved
34 kt (39 mph)
Identifier
WP101992

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 3, 12:00 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
Jul 30, 00:005.0N 154.3E15 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 06:005.0N 154.1E15 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 12:005.0N 153.9E15 ktNot reported
Jul 30, 18:005.1N 153.7E20 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 00:005.3N 153.5E20 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 06:005.6N 153.3E20 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 12:005.9N 153.1E20 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 18:006.2N 152.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 1, 00:006.6N 152.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 1, 06:007.1N 152.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 1, 12:007.7N 151.4E20 ktNot reported
Aug 1, 18:008.3N 150.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 2, 00:008.9N 150.1E20 ktDisturbance
Aug 2, 06:009.5N 149.2E20 ktDisturbance
Aug 2, 12:0010.0N 148.1E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0010.5N 146.9E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0011.1N 145.7E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0011.9N 144.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0012.8N 143.7E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0013.7N 142.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0014.7N 141.7E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0015.8N 140.6E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0016.9N 139.6E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0018.0N 138.5E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0018.8N 137.4E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0019.3N 136.1E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0020.0N 135.0E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0020.9N 134.0E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0021.9N 133.1E115 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0022.9N 132.1E115 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0024.1N 131.2E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0025.3N 130.3E115 kt935 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0026.7N 129.6E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0028.2N 129.3E115 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0029.7N 129.2E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0031.1N 129.7E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0032.7N 130.4E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0034.1N 131.7E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0035.5N 133.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0036.9N 135.4E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0038.5N 137.5E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0040.2N 139.9E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 12:0042.8N 142.8E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Aug 9, 18:0045.0N 145.2E30 kt998 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 00:0047.0N 147.5E30 kt998 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 06:0048.0N 148.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 12:0049.0N 149.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 10, 18:0050.0N 150.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 00:0051.0N 151.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 06:0052.0N 152.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 12:0053.0N 154.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 11, 18:0054.0N 155.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 00:0054.0N 160.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 06:0054.0N 162.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 12:0055.0N 165.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 12, 18:0056.0N 168.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 00:0056.0N 172.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 06:0056.0N 178.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 13, 12:0056.0N 181.0EExtratropical

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.