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.























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
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 30, 00:00 | 5.0N 154.3E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 5.0N 154.1E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 5.0N 153.9E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 5.1N 153.7E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 5.3N 153.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 5.6N 153.3E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 31, 12:00 | 5.9N 153.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 31, 18:00 | 6.2N 152.9E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 1, 00:00 | 6.6N 152.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 1, 06:00 | 7.1N 152.0E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 1, 12:00 | 7.7N 151.4E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 1, 18:00 | 8.3N 150.9E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 2, 00:00 | 8.9N 150.1E | 20 kt | Disturbance | |
| Aug 2, 06:00 | 9.5N 149.2E | 20 kt | Disturbance | |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 10.0N 148.1E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 10.5N 146.9E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 3, 00:00 | 11.1N 145.7E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 3, 06:00 | 11.9N 144.6E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 3, 12:00 | 12.8N 143.7E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 3, 18:00 | 13.7N 142.7E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 14.7N 141.7E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 15.8N 140.6E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 16.9N 139.6E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 4, 18:00 | 18.0N 138.5E | 70 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 18.8N 137.4E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 06:00 | 19.3N 136.1E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 12:00 | 20.0N 135.0E | 105 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 18:00 | 20.9N 134.0E | 110 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 00:00 | 21.9N 133.1E | 115 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 06:00 | 22.9N 132.1E | 115 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 12:00 | 24.1N 131.2E | 115 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 25.3N 130.3E | 115 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 26.7N 129.6E | 115 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 28.2N 129.3E | 115 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 29.7N 129.2E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 31.1N 129.7E | 95 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 32.7N 130.4E | 85 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 34.1N 131.7E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 35.5N 133.3E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 36.9N 135.4E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 38.5N 137.5E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 40.2N 139.9E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 42.8N 142.8E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 45.0N 145.2E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 47.0N 147.5E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 48.0N 148.0E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 49.0N 149.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 50.0N 150.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 51.0N 151.0E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 52.0N 152.0E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 53.0N 154.0E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 54.0N 155.0E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 54.0N 160.0E | 1010 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 54.0N 162.0E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 55.0N 165.0E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 56.0N 168.0E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 56.0N 172.0E | 1008 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 56.0N 178.0E | 1002 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 56.0N 181.0E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1992
- Typhoon AxelWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon BobbieWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon ChuckWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm DeannaWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon EliWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm FayeWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon GaryWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm HelenWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon IrvingWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm LoisWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm MarkWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm NinaWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1992 · 15 deaths
- Super Typhoon OmarWestern Pacific · 1992 · 15 deaths
- Tropical Storm PollyWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Depression PollyWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon RyanWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Depression PollyWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon SibylWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon TedWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm ValWestern Pacific · 1992
- Super Typhoon YvetteWestern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm ZackWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon AngelaWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon BrianWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon ColleenWestern Pacific · 1992
- Super Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed typhoonWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon ForrestWestern Pacific · 1992
- Typhoon HuntWestern 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.