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Hurricane Tina 1992

Category 4 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 17 to October 11, 1992

Tina produced 47.7 units of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), the eighth-most of any eastern and central Pacific storm since 1949. It lasted 24.25 days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone, the second-longest lifespan of the 1,262 eastern and central Pacific storms. No other storm of the 1992 eastern and central Pacific season matched its 150 mph peak; the season had 30 storms.

Track of Tina (1992) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N30°N140°W130°W120°W110°W100°WPeak 150 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTC

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Tina (1992) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 18Sep 22Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 390 miles south-southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 430 miles south-southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 540 miles southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 345 miles southwest of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
  5. Peak 635 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico; lowest pressure 932 mb
  6. Last record (tropical depression) 1,170 miles west-southwest of Eureka, California

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind150 mph · tied 35th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure932 mb · tied 34th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy47.7 · 8th of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone24.2 days · 2nd of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 1992 season

04080120160Tina

Storm 24 of 30 in 1992, hurricane 13 of 16; it formed after Seymour and before Virgil. See the season.

Closest to land

Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, 233 miles from the center on September 26 (tropical storm stage).

Also peaked at 150 mph

Of 16 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Kenneth (1993)932 mb, no landfall record
  • Lidia (1993)930 mb, landfall in Sinaloa
  • Olivia (1994)923 mb, no landfall record
  • Juliette (1995)930 mb, no landfall record