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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 11.0N 167.0W | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 11.3N 168.0W | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 11.6N 169.0W | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 11.9N 170.0W | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 12.1N 171.0W | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 12.2N 172.0W | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 12.3N 173.0W | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 12.6N 174.1W | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 12.9N 175.2W | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 13.3N 176.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 13.8N 177.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 14.2N 178.1W | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 14.7N 179.0W | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 15.1N 180.0E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 15.4N 179.1E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 15.8N 178.4E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 16.1N 177.7E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 16.5N 177.2E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 16.7N 177.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 16.9N 177.0E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 17.2N 177.1E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 17.6N 177.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 18.4N 177.5E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 19.6N 177.7E | 85 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 21.1N 177.5E | 85 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 22.5N 176.9E | 85 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 23.7N 175.9E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 24.7N 174.9E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 25.4N 173.5E | 75 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 25.7N 172.0E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 25.7N 170.3E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 25.5N 168.6E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 25.1N 167.0E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 24.7N 165.5E | 85 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 24.3N 164.2E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 24.0N 163.0E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 23.8N 161.9E | 95 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 23.7N 160.9E | 95 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 23.9N 160.1E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 24.3N 159.6E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 24.8N 159.2E | 95 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 25.5N 159.0E | 95 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 26.3N 159.0E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 27.2N 159.0E | 90 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 28.2N 159.0E | 85 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 29.3N 158.9E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 30.5N 158.8E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 31.8N 158.9E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 33.2N 159.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 34.8N 159.5E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 36.5N 160.2E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 38.4N 161.5E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 40.7N 163.6E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 43.0N 167.3E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 45.5N 172.8E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 47.9N 179.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 49.0N 187.0E | Extratropical |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1992
- Hurricane EkekaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm HaliEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane EstelleEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm HowardEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm IsisEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane KentEastern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane LesterEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm NewtonEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm MadelineEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane OrleneEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane InikiEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane PaineEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane RoslynEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane TinaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane SeymourEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane VirgilEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane WinifredEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm XavierEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm YolandaEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane DanEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm ZekeEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane GayEastern Pacific · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 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.