The 1992 season

Typhoon Sibyl (1992)

Typhoon Sibyl reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between September 4, 1992 and September 19, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Sibyl. 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
Western Pacific
Dates
September 4, 1992 to September 19, 1992
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1137 km (706 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
18.7
Identifier
WP181992

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 4, 00:0019.1N 166.2E20 ktNot reported
Sep 4, 06:0019.3N 166.1E20 kt1004 mbMixed
Sep 4, 12:0019.5N 166.0E20 kt1004 mbMixed
Sep 4, 18:0019.7N 165.9E25 kt1002 mbMixed
Sep 5, 00:0020.0N 165.8E20 kt1002 mbMixed
Sep 5, 06:0020.2N 165.8E20 kt1002 mbMixed
Sep 5, 12:0020.4N 165.8E20 kt1002 mbMixed
Sep 5, 18:0020.6N 165.8E20 kt1002 mbMixed
Sep 6, 00:0020.8N 165.8E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0021.0N 165.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0021.0N 166.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0021.0N 166.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0020.9N 166.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0020.7N 166.4E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0020.4N 166.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0020.0N 166.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0019.6N 166.8E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 06:0019.2N 167.0E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0018.8N 167.2E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0018.7N 167.5E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0018.9N 167.7E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0019.2N 167.6E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0019.7N 167.6E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0020.2N 167.6E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0021.2N 167.5E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0022.5N 166.5E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0023.3N 165.0E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0023.9N 163.5E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 00:0024.3N 162.0E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 06:0024.8N 160.6E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 12:0025.5N 159.3E105 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0026.3N 158.1E110 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0027.1N 157.0E105 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0028.1N 156.0E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 12:0029.0N 155.2E95 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 18:0029.7N 154.7E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 00:0030.4N 154.3E80 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 06:0031.2N 154.1E75 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 12:0032.1N 154.2E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 18:0033.0N 154.6E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 00:0033.9N 155.1E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 06:0034.7N 155.8E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 12:0035.6N 156.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 18:0036.7N 158.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 00:0037.8N 159.1E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0038.9N 160.3E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0039.6N 161.8E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0040.2N 163.4E40 kt980 mbExtratropical
Sep 16, 00:0040.2N 164.3E976 mbExtratropical
Sep 16, 06:0040.6N 166.0E968 mbExtratropical
Sep 16, 12:0040.9N 167.5E964 mbExtratropical
Sep 16, 18:0041.3N 168.9E966 mbExtratropical
Sep 17, 00:0041.5N 170.0E968 mbExtratropical
Sep 17, 06:0041.6N 171.5E970 mbExtratropical
Sep 17, 12:0041.7N 172.7E972 mbExtratropical
Sep 17, 18:0041.9N 174.0E976 mbExtratropical
Sep 18, 00:0042.0N 175.5E980 mbExtratropical
Sep 18, 06:0042.3N 177.0E982 mbExtratropical
Sep 18, 12:0042.8N 178.0E984 mbExtratropical
Sep 18, 18:0043.4N 179.4E984 mbExtratropical
Sep 19, 00:0044.5N 181.0EExtratropical

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.