Hurricane Lester (1992)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 20, 1992 to August 24, 1992

Peak strength

Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)

Lowest pressure

985 mb (29.09 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

3.9

Fastest the center moved

23 kt (26 mph)

Identifier

EP141992

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.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 2,658 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 5.96 inches (151 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• Hurricane EkekaEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 3100 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm HaliEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm45 kt
• Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm60 kt · 990 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 4125 kt · 935 mb
• Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm35 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 3105 kt · 968 mb
• Hurricane EstelleEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 4120 kt · 943 mb
• Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 4125 kt · 935 mb
• Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 295 kt · 964 mb
• Tropical Storm HowardEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm55 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm IsisEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm55 kt · 992 mb
• Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 170 kt · 985 mb
• Hurricane KentEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 4130 kt · 930 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm NewtonEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm45 kt · 999 mb
• Tropical Storm MadelineEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm45 kt · 999 mb
• Hurricane OrleneEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 4125 kt · 934 mb
• Hurricane InikiEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 4125 kt · 938 mb
• Hurricane PaineEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 165 kt · 987 mb
• Hurricane RoslynEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 285 kt · 975 mb
• Hurricane TinaEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 4130 kt · 932 mb
• Hurricane SeymourEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 175 kt · 980 mb
• Hurricane WardEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 295 kt · 945 mb
• Hurricane VirgilEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Hurricane WinifredEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 3100 kt · 960 mb
• Tropical Storm XavierEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm40 kt · 1003 mb
• Tropical Storm YolandaEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm55 kt · 993 mb
• Hurricane DanEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 3110 kt · 935 mb
• Tropical Storm ZekeEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane GayEastern Pacific · 1992Cat 5160 kt · 900 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1992Tropical Depression30 kt

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Lester