&sq=&lang=&file=File:Darby_1992-07-05_2000Z.png) Hurricane Darby rapidly intensifying off the Mexican coast on July 5 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | July 2, 1992 |
| Dissipated | July 10, 1992 |
| Category 3 major hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 120 mph (195 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 968 mbar (hPa); 28.59 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 3 total |
| Areas affected | Mexico, California |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1992 Pacific hurricane season | |
Hurricane Darby was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that caused minor damage in Mexico and California, despite remaining offshore. Darby was the sixth named storm, third hurricane, and third major hurricane of the extremely active 1992 Pacific hurricane season. The origins of Darby were from a tropical wave which moved off the coast of Africa on June 19. It traversed the Atlantic, and moved across Mexico, where it re-emerged in the Pacific on June 29 and became a tropical depression on July 2, a tropical storm on July 5, and a hurricane on July 6. The storm remained well offshore, although it killed three people.