NHC EP181992 · Eastern Pacific basin
Hurricane Iniki (1992)
September 5, 1992 – September 13, 1992
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Iniki peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 11 US cities, 11 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Iniki in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Iniki from September 5, 1992 to September 13, 1992; its peak was 144 mph (Category 4). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 11 US cities, all in Hawaii. The strongest pass was 129 mph (Category 3) less than a mile from Kekaha, HI.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 11
- At hurricane strength
- 11
- States
- 1
144 mph
when closest
Cities Iniki passed near, strongest first
Other storms of the 1992 season
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.