The 1992 season

Hurricane Javier (1992)

Hurricane Javier reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 30, 1992 and August 12, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Javier, 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
Eastern Pacific
Dates
July 30, 1992 to August 12, 1992
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 582 km (362 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.5
Fastest the center moved
20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier
EP111992

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, 18:0012.3N 103.6W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Jul 31, 00:0012.4N 104.5W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Jul 31, 06:0012.3N 105.5W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jul 31, 12:0012.3N 106.7W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jul 31, 18:0012.4N 108.0W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 00:0012.7N 109.1W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 06:0013.0N 110.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 12:0013.4N 111.2W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 18:0013.7N 112.6W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Aug 2, 00:0014.1N 114.2W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 2, 06:0014.5N 115.7W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0015.0N 117.0W40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0015.6N 118.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0016.0N 119.0W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0016.3N 120.0W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0016.4N 121.0W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0016.6N 122.0W55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0016.8N 122.9W55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0017.0N 123.7W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0017.3N 124.4W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0017.5N 125.0W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0017.9N 125.8W55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0018.1N 126.7W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0018.2N 127.7W60 kt989 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0018.4N 128.6W70 kt986 mbHurricane
Aug 6, 00:0018.5N 129.6W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Aug 6, 06:0018.4N 130.7W65 kt986 mbHurricane
Aug 6, 12:0018.2N 131.8W65 kt986 mbHurricane
Aug 6, 18:0017.9N 133.0W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Aug 7, 00:0017.4N 134.2W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0017.0N 135.5W45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0016.6N 137.1W40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0016.2N 138.8W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0015.8N 140.8W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0015.7N 142.6W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0015.6N 144.2W40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0015.5N 145.1W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0015.4N 145.5W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 9, 06:0015.0N 146.9W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Aug 9, 12:0014.8N 147.6W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 9, 18:0014.3N 149.2W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 10, 00:0014.2N 150.2W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 10, 06:0014.0N 151.5W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Aug 10, 12:0014.0N 152.5W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Aug 10, 18:0013.9N 153.4W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Aug 11, 00:0013.8N 154.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Aug 11, 06:0013.7N 155.2W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Aug 11, 12:0013.5N 156.3W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Aug 11, 18:0012.9N 157.8W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Aug 12, 00:0012.0N 158.6W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression

Other Eastern 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.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.