1992 Pacific typhoon season

1992 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedJanuary 4, 1992
Last system dissipatedNovember 29, 1992
Strongest storm
NameGay
 • Maximum winds205 km/h (125 mph)
(10-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure900 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions40
Total storms31
Typhoons16
Super typhoons6 (unofficial)
Total fatalities399
Total damage$2.64 billion (1992 USD)
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Pacific typhoon seasons
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

The 1992 Pacific typhoon season was the fourth consecutive above-average season, producing 31 tropical storms, 16 typhoons and five super typhoons. It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1992. Despite this, most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November.[1] These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

In the West Pacific basin, tropical depressions have the "W" suffix added to their number. Storms reaching tropical storm intensity of 34 kn (63 km/h) sustained winds were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Storms with sustained winds exceeding 64 knots (119 km/h) are called typhoons, while intense typhoons with sustained winds exceeding 130 knots (240 km/h) are designated super typhoons by the JTWC (see tropical cyclone scales).

Furthermore, tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine Area of Responsibility are assigned an internal name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). This can often result in the same storm having two names.

  1. ^ Gary Padgett (2003-08-17). "May 2003 Global Tropical Cyclone Summary". Archived from the original on 25 September 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-26.