Track map & timeline · Central Pacific · January 26 – February 9, 1992
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Ekeka (1992) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1992 Central Pacific season. It formed on January 26, 1992, reached its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) on February 2, 1992, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 13.3 days and travelled about 4,249 miles (6,836 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamale, Ghana | direct hit | Feb 3 · 21:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 5.2°N 154.4°W | open ocean |
| Jan 27 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 4.8°N 154.3°W | open ocean |
| Jan 27 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 4.3°N 154.5°W | open ocean |
| Jan 27 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 4.2°N 155.0°W | open ocean |
| Jan 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 4.2°N 155.6°W | open ocean |
| Jan 28 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 4.3°N 156.2°W | open ocean |
| Jan 28 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 4.5°N 156.8°W | open ocean |
| Jan 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 4.8°N 157.5°W | open ocean |
| Jan 28 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 5.1°N 158.2°W | open ocean |
| Jan 29 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 5.5°N 158.5°W | open ocean |
| Jan 29 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 5.7°N 159.0°W | open ocean |
| Jan 29 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 5.9°N 160.8°W | open ocean |
| Jan 29 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 6.0°N 162.5°W | open ocean |
| Jan 30 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 6.0°N 163.5°W | open ocean |
| Jan 30 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 6.1°N 164.2°W | open ocean |
| Jan 30 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 6.1°N 164.7°W | open ocean |
| Jan 30 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 6.2°N 165.2°W | open ocean |
| Jan 31 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 6.3°N 166.2°W | open ocean |
| Jan 31 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 6.5°N 167.2°W | open ocean |
| Jan 31 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 6.9°N 168.3°W | open ocean |
| Jan 31 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 7.4°N 169.5°W | open ocean |
| Feb 1 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 8.1°N 171.1°W | open ocean |
| Feb 1 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 8.4°N 171.9°W | open ocean |
| Feb 1 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 8.8°N 172.8°W | open ocean |
| Feb 1 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 9.0°N 173.3°W | open ocean |
| Feb 2 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 9.2°N 173.7°W | open ocean |
| Feb 2 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 9.3°N 174.2°W | open ocean |
| Feb 2 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 9.5°N 174.6°W | open ocean |
| Feb 2 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 9.6°N 175.1°W | open ocean |
| Feb 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 9.6°N 175.7°W | open ocean |
| Feb 3 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 9.7°N 176.4°W | open ocean |
| Feb 3 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 9.5°N 178.0°W | open ocean |
| Feb 3 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 9.4°N 180.0°W | open ocean |
| Feb 4 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 9.2°N 178.2°E | open ocean |
| Feb 4 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 9.1°N 176.5°E | open ocean |
| Feb 4 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 9.2°N 174.8°E | open ocean |
| Feb 4 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 9.4°N 173.0°E | open ocean |
| Feb 5 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 9.9°N 171.2°E | open ocean |
| Feb 5 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.3°N 169.5°E | open ocean |
| Feb 5 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.6°N 168.0°E | open ocean |
| Feb 5 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.9°N 166.6°E | open ocean |
| Feb 6 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.0°N 165.3°E | open ocean |
| Feb 6 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.8°N 164.2°E | open ocean |
| Feb 6 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.5°N 163.2°E | open ocean |
| Feb 6 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.2°N 162.1°E | open ocean |
| Feb 7 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 9.8°N 160.8°E | open ocean |
| Feb 7 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 9.5°N 159.3°E | open ocean |
| Feb 7 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 9.0°N 157.7°E | open ocean |
| Feb 7 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 8.5°N 156.0°E | open ocean |
| Feb 8 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 8.0°N 154.1°E | open ocean |
| Feb 8 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 7.4°N 152.2°E | open ocean |
| Feb 8 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 7.0°N 150.2°E | open ocean |
| Feb 8 18:00 | TD | 17 mph | — | 6.8°N 148.2°E | open ocean |
| Feb 9 00:00 | TD | 17 mph | — | 6.8°N 146.2°E | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Ekeka. Its closest approach to a major city was 8 miles from Tamale, Ghana.
At its peak on February 2, 1992, Ekeka was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).
13.3 days, from January 26, 1992 to February 9, 1992, including 102 hours at hurricane strength (12 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 4,249 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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