The 1992 season

Tropical Storm Nina (1992)

Tropical Storm Nina peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between August 16, 1992 and August 22, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 16, 1992 to August 22, 1992
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1089 km (677 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.8
Identifier
WP141992

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 16, 00:0024.0N 162.3E15 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 06:0024.1N 161.8E15 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 12:0024.2N 161.4E15 ktNot reported
Aug 16, 18:0024.3N 161.0E15 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 00:0024.4N 160.6E20 ktNot reported
Aug 17, 06:0024.6N 160.2E20 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 17, 12:0024.9N 159.7E20 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 17, 18:0025.3N 159.3E20 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 18, 00:0025.9N 159.1E20 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 18, 06:0026.5N 158.9E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 12:0027.1N 158.7E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 18, 18:0027.6N 158.3E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0028.0N 157.8E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0028.5N 157.2E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0029.9N 156.3E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0031.6N 155.6E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0033.4N 155.4E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0035.1N 155.8E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0036.7N 156.9E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0038.1N 158.5E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0039.2N 161.0E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0039.8N 164.0E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 12:0039.8N 168.2E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 18:0039.8N 172.4E40 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 22, 00:0039.7N 176.6E35 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 22, 06:0041.0N 182.0EExtratropical

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.