The 1992 season

Hurricane Roslyn (1992)

Hurricane Roslyn reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between September 13, 1992 and September 30, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Hurricane Roslyn. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
September 13, 1992 to September 30, 1992
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 495 km (308 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.3
Fastest the center moved
15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier
EP201992

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
Sep 13, 12:0016.8N 111.0W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Sep 13, 18:0017.2N 111.2W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 14, 00:0017.5N 111.4W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Sep 14, 06:0017.7N 111.9W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 14, 12:0017.9N 112.3W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 18:0018.0N 112.6W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 00:0018.1N 112.8W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0018.2N 113.0W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0018.3N 113.2W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0018.4N 113.5W60 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0018.5N 114.0W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 06:0018.7N 115.0W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0018.9N 116.4W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0019.2N 117.8W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0019.5N 119.2W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0019.7N 120.6W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0019.4N 121.9W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0019.2N 123.0W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0019.0N 124.1W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0019.2N 125.0W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0019.3N 125.7W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 18:0019.4N 126.3W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 00:0019.5N 126.9W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 06:0019.5N 127.5W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 12:0019.5N 128.0W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 18:0019.6N 128.4W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 00:0019.7N 128.8W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 06:0019.7N 129.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 12:0019.8N 129.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 18:0019.7N 129.8W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 00:0019.6N 130.1W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 06:0019.5N 130.4W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 12:0019.4N 130.7W40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 18:0019.3N 131.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 00:0019.2N 131.5W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 06:0019.1N 132.0W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 12:0019.0N 132.5W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 18:0019.0N 133.0W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Sep 23, 00:0019.0N 133.8W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Sep 23, 06:0018.9N 134.8W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 23, 12:0018.8N 135.9W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 23, 18:0018.5N 137.1W75 kt981 mbHurricane
Sep 24, 00:0018.3N 138.2W65 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 24, 06:0018.3N 139.3W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Sep 24, 12:0018.3N 140.5W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 24, 18:0018.2N 141.9W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 00:0018.2N 143.2W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 06:0018.2N 143.8W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 12:0018.4N 144.9W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 25, 18:0018.4N 145.3W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 00:0018.4N 145.7W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 06:0018.3N 146.9W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 12:0018.3N 147.4W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 18:0018.3N 148.2W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 00:0018.1N 150.0W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 06:0018.1N 150.0W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 12:0018.2N 150.3W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 18:0018.3N 150.2W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 00:0018.6N 149.6W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 06:0018.6N 150.1W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 12:0018.9N 150.0W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 18:0019.2N 149.5W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 00:0019.4N 149.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 06:0019.6N 148.7W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 12:0019.7N 148.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 18:0019.8N 147.9W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 00:0020.0N 147.2W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0020.2N 147.0W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 12:0020.9N 146.6W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 18:0021.5N 146.5W30 kt1008 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.