Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 13–23, 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 Frank (1992) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1992 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 13, 1992, 358 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 935 mb on July 18, 1992, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 10.3 days and travelled about 2,847 miles (4,580 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 14.1°N 105.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 13.8°N 106.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1001 mb | 13.6°N 106.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 999 mb | 13.7°N 107.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 997 mb | 14.1°N 107.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 14.7°N 108.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 991 mb | 15.3°N 109.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 15.7°N 109.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 16.1°N 109.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 982 mb | 16.3°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 979 mb | 16.3°N 111.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 975 mb | 16.3°N 111.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 971 mb | 16.2°N 112.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 968 mb | 16.1°N 113.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 965 mb | 16.1°N 113.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 17 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 961 mb | 16.0°N 114.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 17 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 957 mb | 15.9°N 115.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 17 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 953 mb | 15.8°N 116.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 17 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 15.7°N 118.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 941 mb | 15.8°N 119.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 06:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 936 mb | 15.9°N 120.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 12:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 935 mb | 16.1°N 121.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 936 mb | 16.5°N 123.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 941 mb | 16.9°N 124.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 946 mb | 17.5°N 126.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 952 mb | 18.2°N 127.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 958 mb | 18.9°N 128.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 964 mb | 19.5°N 130.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 969 mb | 20.1°N 131.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 974 mb | 20.7°N 133.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 978 mb | 21.1°N 134.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 982 mb | 21.6°N 135.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 22.1°N 136.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 22.6°N 137.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 23.1°N 138.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 23.6°N 139.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 23.9°N 140.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 24.2°N 141.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 24.7°N 142.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 25.3°N 143.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 26.3°N 144.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 26.9°N 145.1°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Frank.
At its peak on July 18, 1992, Frank was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a central pressure of 935 mb.
10.3 days, from July 13, 1992 to July 23, 1992, including 156 hours at hurricane strength (72 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 2,847 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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