The 1992 season

Hurricane Kent (1992)

Hurricane Kent reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between August 3, 1992 and August 20, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Kent, 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
August 3, 1992 to August 20, 1992
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
41.4
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
WP111992

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
Aug 3, 06:005.8N 178.0W15 ktNot reported
Aug 3, 12:006.2N 179.2W15 ktNot reported
Aug 3, 18:006.6N 179.5E20 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 00:007.0N 178.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 06:007.4N 176.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 12:007.9N 175.4E20 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 18:008.3N 174.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 5, 00:008.7N 172.7E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:009.1N 171.5E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:009.4N 170.3E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Aug 5, 18:009.8N 169.4E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0010.5N 168.6E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0011.5N 167.9E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0012.1N 166.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0012.8N 165.7E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0013.4N 164.6E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0014.0N 163.6E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0014.6N 162.6E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0015.0N 161.5E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0015.5N 160.5E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0016.2N 159.6E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0017.0N 158.9E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0017.5N 157.8E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0018.0N 156.7E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0018.5N 155.4E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0018.9N 154.5E95 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0019.2N 153.6E95 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0019.4N 152.8E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0019.6N 152.0E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0019.9N 151.1E110 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0020.2N 150.2E120 kt945 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0020.5N 149.3E125 kt935 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0020.9N 148.4E125 kt935 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0021.3N 147.7E130 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0021.7N 147.0E130 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0022.1N 146.3E130 kt930 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0022.5N 145.8E130 kt935 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0022.8N 145.4E125 kt940 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0023.2N 145.1E120 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0023.6N 145.0E115 kt950 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0024.0N 144.8E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0024.5N 144.7E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0025.2N 144.5E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0025.8N 144.0E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0026.1N 143.6E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0026.4N 143.2E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0026.7N 142.7E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0027.0N 142.3E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0027.2N 141.7E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0027.4N 140.8E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0027.5N 139.9E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0027.7N 139.0E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0027.9N 138.0E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0028.1N 137.1E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0028.3N 136.2E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0028.7N 135.3E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 06:0029.1N 134.3E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 12:0029.7N 133.4E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 17, 18:0030.3N 132.7E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 00:0031.0N 132.1E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 06:0031.7N 131.6E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0032.4N 131.2E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0033.2N 131.0E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0034.1N 130.9E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0035.1N 130.9E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0036.3N 131.2E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0037.5N 131.9E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0038.6N 132.8E25 ktNot reported

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.