The 1992 season

Hurricane Ward (1992)

Hurricane Ward reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between September 23, 1992 and October 7, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Ward, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1992 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
September 23, 1992 to October 7, 1992
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure
945 mb (27.91 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 518 km (322 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
23.3
Identifier
WP211992

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 23, 18:0011.0N 167.0W15 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 00:0011.3N 168.0W15 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 06:0011.6N 169.0W15 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 12:0011.9N 170.0W20 ktNot reported
Sep 24, 18:0012.1N 171.0W20 ktNot reported
Sep 25, 00:0012.2N 172.0W20 ktNot reported
Sep 25, 06:0012.3N 173.0W20 ktNot reported
Sep 25, 12:0012.6N 174.1W20 ktNot reported
Sep 25, 18:0012.9N 175.2W20 ktNot reported
Sep 26, 00:0013.3N 176.2W25 ktNot reported
Sep 26, 06:0013.8N 177.2W25 ktNot reported
Sep 26, 12:0014.2N 178.1W30 ktNot reported
Sep 26, 18:0014.7N 179.0W30 ktTropical storm
Sep 27, 00:0015.1N 180.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 06:0015.4N 179.1E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 12:0015.8N 178.4E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 27, 18:0016.1N 177.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 00:0016.5N 177.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 06:0016.7N 177.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 12:0016.9N 177.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 18:0017.2N 177.1E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 00:0017.6N 177.3E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 06:0018.4N 177.5E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 12:0019.6N 177.7E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 18:0021.1N 177.5E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 00:0022.5N 176.9E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0023.7N 175.9E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 12:0024.7N 174.9E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 18:0025.4N 173.5E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 00:0025.7N 172.0E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 06:0025.7N 170.3E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 12:0025.5N 168.6E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 18:0025.1N 167.0E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 00:0024.7N 165.5E85 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 06:0024.3N 164.2E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 12:0024.0N 163.0E95 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 18:0023.8N 161.9E95 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 00:0023.7N 160.9E95 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 06:0023.9N 160.1E95 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 12:0024.3N 159.6E95 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 18:0024.8N 159.2E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 00:0025.5N 159.0E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 06:0026.3N 159.0E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0027.2N 159.0E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 18:0028.2N 159.0E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 00:0029.3N 158.9E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 06:0030.5N 158.8E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 12:0031.8N 158.9E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 18:0033.2N 159.1E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 00:0034.8N 159.5E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 06:0036.5N 160.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 12:0038.4N 161.5E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 18:0040.7N 163.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 00:0043.0N 167.3E40 kt992 mbExtratropical
Oct 7, 06:0045.5N 172.8E996 mbExtratropical
Oct 7, 12:0047.9N 179.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Oct 7, 18:0049.0N 187.0EExtratropical

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.