All storm pages · 1992 Pacific season
Hurricane Iniki 1992
Category 4 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 5 to September 13, 1992
Iniki was still a hurricane at 33.0°N, tied for the seventh-farthest north reach of hurricane strength among 603 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes. With a peak of 145 mph, it ranked tied for the second-strongest of the 30 storms of the 1992 season. It produced 6% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Iniki is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) far out at sea, at 11.9°N, 133.0°W
- Tropical storm 880 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii
- Hurricane 535 miles south-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii
- Major hurricane 390 miles south-southwest of Hilo, Hawaii
- Peak 175 miles south-southwest of Lihue, Hawaii; lowest pressure 938 mb
- Last record (tropical storm) 1,020 miles north of Lihue, Hawaii
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 1992 season
Storm 20 of 30 in 1992, hurricane 10 of 16; it formed after Orlene and before Paine. See the season.
Places the center passed
The center came within 50 miles of 1 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.
| Place | Closest | Wind then | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lihue, Hawaii | 22 mi | 125 mph | September 12 |
Also peaked at 145 mph
Of 28 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Kevin (1991)935 mb, no landfall record
- Fernanda (1993)934 mb, no landfall record
- Odile (1990)935 mb, no landfall record
- Raymond (1989)935 mb, landfall in Baja California Sur