The 1992 season

Super Typhoon Yvette (1992)

Super Typhoon Yvette reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between October 3, 1992 and October 18, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 915 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Super Typhoon Yvette. 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
October 3, 1992 to October 18, 1992
Peak strength
Category 5, 155 kt (178 mph)
Lowest pressure
915 mb (27.02 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 193 km (120 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
47.7
Identifier
WP231992

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 3, 06:0015.7N 139.7E15 ktNot reported
Oct 3, 12:0016.0N 139.5E15 ktNot reported
Oct 3, 18:0016.3N 139.3E15 ktNot reported
Oct 4, 00:0016.5N 139.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 4, 06:0016.7N 139.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 4, 12:0016.9N 139.1E15 ktNot reported
Oct 4, 18:0016.9N 138.9E15 ktNot reported
Oct 5, 00:0017.0N 138.7E15 ktNot reported
Oct 5, 06:0016.9N 138.4E15 ktNot reported
Oct 5, 12:0016.9N 138.1E15 ktNot reported
Oct 5, 18:0016.8N 137.8E15 ktNot reported
Oct 6, 00:0016.8N 137.4E15 ktNot reported
Oct 6, 06:0016.6N 136.8E15 ktNot reported
Oct 6, 12:0016.4N 136.1E15 ktNot reported
Oct 6, 18:0016.3N 135.2E20 ktNot reported
Oct 7, 00:0016.1N 134.3E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 06:0015.9N 133.5E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 12:0015.7N 132.7E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 18:0015.6N 131.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0015.4N 131.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 06:0015.3N 130.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 12:0015.2N 129.5E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 18:0015.1N 128.7E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 00:0015.0N 127.9E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 06:0015.0N 127.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0015.0N 126.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0015.0N 126.0E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0015.1N 125.8E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:0015.3N 125.8E90 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 12:0015.5N 125.8E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 18:0015.7N 125.8E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 00:0015.8N 126.0E125 kt930 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 06:0015.9N 126.2E125 kt930 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 12:0016.0N 126.4E120 kt930 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 18:0016.2N 126.8E115 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 00:0016.4N 127.2E110 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 06:0016.7N 127.5E110 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 12:0017.0N 127.8E110 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 18:0017.3N 128.2E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 00:0017.7N 128.6E125 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 06:0018.2N 129.0E135 kt930 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 12:0018.7N 129.3E150 kt925 mbTropical storm
Oct 13, 18:0019.2N 129.4E155 kt920 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 00:0019.7N 129.4E155 kt915 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 06:0020.2N 129.6E150 kt915 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 12:0020.8N 130.0E150 kt915 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 18:0021.5N 130.5E150 kt920 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 00:0022.1N 131.2E145 kt920 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 06:0022.7N 132.1E140 kt925 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0023.4N 133.1E135 kt930 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0024.1N 134.1E130 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0025.0N 135.2E125 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0026.1N 136.4E115 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0027.0N 137.7E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0028.0N 139.0E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0028.8N 140.1E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0029.5N 141.3E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0030.0N 142.6E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0030.3N 144.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0030.5N 146.2E35 kt998 mbMixed
Oct 18, 06:0032.0N 148.7E1004 mbMixed
Oct 18, 12:0033.0N 152.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Oct 18, 18:0034.0N 154.0E1008 mbExtratropical

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.