Tropical Storm Yolanda (1992)
Tropical Storm Yolanda peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 15, 1992 and October 22, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 15, 1992 to October 22, 1992
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 929 km (577 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- EP261992
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 10.8N 107.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 10.9N 109.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 10.9N 111.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 11.2N 113.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 11.5N 115.0W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 12.0N 116.9W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 12.5N 118.8W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 13.0N 120.7W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 13.6N 122.6W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 14.2N 124.5W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 14.6N 126.3W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 15.1N 127.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 15.7N 129.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 16.2N 130.3W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 16.8N 131.4W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 17.5N 132.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 18.2N 133.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 18.9N 134.1W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 19.2N 134.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 19.3N 134.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 19.2N 135.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 19.0N 135.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 18.3N 135.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 17.3N 136.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 16.5N 137.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 16.3N 138.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 16.2N 140.2W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 16.2N 141.8W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
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 WardEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane VirgilEastern Pacific · 1992
- Hurricane WinifredEastern Pacific · 1992
- Tropical Storm XavierEastern 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.