Hurricane Iniki
Sep 5, 1992 to Sep 13, 1992Peak 144 mph938 mb
Hurricane Iniki passed within 50 miles of 1 county in HI. It was strongest near Honolulu County, HI, as a Category 3 on September 12, 1992.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Iniki · 1992
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 144 mph, 125 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 938 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 1
- HI
- Counties within 100 miles
- 2
- HI
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Kauai County | HI | 5.5 | Category 3 |
| Honolulu County | HI | 95.6 | Category 3 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.