The 1992 season

Unnamed tropical storm (1992)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between October 11, 1991 and October 22, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.

Radar

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

The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
October 11, 1991 to October 22, 1991
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
997 mb (29.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 149 km (93 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.9
Identifier
SH021992

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
Oct 11, 12:007.6S 63.6E15 ktTropical storm
Oct 11, 18:007.6S 63.4E15 ktTropical storm
Oct 12, 00:007.6S 63.2E15 ktTropical storm
Oct 12, 06:007.7S 63.0E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 12, 12:007.7S 62.7E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 12, 18:007.8S 62.5E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 13, 00:007.8S 62.3E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 13, 06:007.9S 62.0E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 13, 12:008.1S 61.7E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 13, 18:008.3S 61.4E20 ktTropical storm
Oct 14, 00:008.6S 61.0E25 ktTropical storm
Oct 14, 06:008.8S 60.5E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 12:009.1S 60.0E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 18:009.3S 59.4E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 00:009.5S 58.9E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 06:009.6S 58.3E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:009.9S 57.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0010.2S 57.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0010.5S 56.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0010.9S 56.4E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0011.2S 55.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0011.3S 55.2E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0011.4S 54.5E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0011.4S 53.9E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0011.4S 53.4E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0011.3S 52.9E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0011.1S 52.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0011.0S 51.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0010.9S 51.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0010.9S 51.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0010.9S 50.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0010.8S 50.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0010.7S 49.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0010.5S 49.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0010.3S 49.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0010.0S 49.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:009.7S 49.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:009.5S 49.2E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:009.3S 49.1E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:009.2S 48.8E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:009.4S 47.7E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:009.1S 47.3EDisturbance
Oct 22, 00:008.7S 46.8EDisturbance
Oct 22, 06:008.3S 46.1EDisturbance
Oct 22, 12:008.0S 45.3EDisturbance

Other South Indian 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.