The 1992 season

Typhoon Ryan (1992)

Typhoon Ryan reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 29, 1992 and September 13, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 29, 1992 to September 13, 1992
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
945 mb (27.91 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
29.3
Identifier
WP171992

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 29, 00:0013.3N 165.9E15 ktNot reported
Aug 29, 06:0013.4N 164.5E15 ktNot reported
Aug 29, 12:0013.5N 163.1E15 ktNot reported
Aug 29, 18:0013.7N 161.7E15 ktNot reported
Aug 30, 00:0013.9N 160.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 30, 06:0014.1N 158.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 30, 12:0014.3N 157.3E20 ktNot reported
Aug 30, 18:0014.5N 155.9E25 ktNot reported
Aug 31, 00:0014.8N 154.5E25 ktNot reported
Aug 31, 06:0015.2N 153.1E30 ktNot reported
Aug 31, 12:0015.8N 151.9E30 ktNot reported
Aug 31, 18:0016.5N 150.7E35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 00:0017.1N 149.6E35 kt1008 mbMixed
Sep 1, 06:0017.3N 148.6E40 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0017.2N 147.8E45 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 18:0017.3N 147.2E55 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 00:0017.6N 147.0E60 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 06:0017.9N 147.0E60 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 12:0018.2N 147.1E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0018.4N 147.1E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 00:0018.6N 147.1E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 06:0018.8N 147.1E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 12:0018.9N 147.1E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 18:0019.1N 147.0E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0019.2N 146.9E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 06:0019.3N 146.8E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 12:0019.4N 146.8E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 18:0019.5N 146.7E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 00:0019.7N 146.7E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 06:0019.8N 146.7E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 12:0020.1N 146.8E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0020.6N 147.0E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0021.4N 147.3E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0022.3N 147.6E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0023.2N 148.1E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0024.1N 148.6E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0024.8N 149.2E115 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0025.4N 149.6E115 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0025.9N 149.9E110 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0026.4N 150.0E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0026.9N 149.8E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 06:0027.4N 149.4E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0027.8N 148.8E85 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0028.2N 148.0E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0028.6N 147.2E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0029.2N 146.4E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0029.8N 145.6E75 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0030.5N 145.0E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0031.4N 144.6E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0032.5N 144.3E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0033.8N 144.3E65 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0035.2N 144.8E60 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 00:0037.1N 145.8E55 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 06:0039.6N 147.0E55 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 12:0042.6N 148.1E50 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0045.7N 148.6E45 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0048.9N 148.8E45 kt970 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 06:0052.0N 148.0E970 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 12:0054.0N 148.0E974 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 18:0056.5N 149.0E976 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 00:0057.5N 149.0E980 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 06:0059.0N 149.0E984 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 12:0060.5N 148.5E994 mbExtratropical

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.