Hurricane Winifred (1992)
| Category 3 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
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Hurricane Winifred off the Pacific coast of Mexico
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| Formed | October 6, 1992 |
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| Dissipated | October 10, 1992 |
| Highest winds |
1-minute sustained: 115 mph (185 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 960 mbar (hPa); 28.35 inHg |
| Fatalities | 3 total |
| Damage | $5 million (1992 USD) |
| Areas affected | Western Mexico, especially Colima and Michoacán |
| Part of the 1992 Pacific hurricane season | |
Hurricane Winifred was the last tropical cyclone to make landfall in the busy 1992 Pacific hurricane season. Impacting western Mexico, especially Colima and Michoacán, Hurricane Winifred brought heavy rain and destruction to the area. Rains flooded farms and roads, and caused more than $5 million (1992 USD, $8.53 million 2017 USD) in damage and a total of three people were killed.
The last major hurricane of its season, Winifred existed in October 1992. It formed southeast of Acapulco on October 6 as the twenty-fourth east Pacific tropical cyclone of its season, and recurved as it strengthened. It peaked as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It made landfall southeast of Manzanillo, Colima and dissipated inland.
On October 1, a disorganized area of thunderstorms existed south of Panama. It gradually headed west-northwestward, slowly organized, and developed deep and concentrated convection. The disturbed area had become organized enough to be considered a tropical depression. Numbered Twenty-Four-E, the cyclone was located about 460 mi (740 km) south-southeast of Acapulco. It moved towards the west-northwest at a speed of about 12 mph (19 km/h), and by the time it was located about 550 km (340 mi) south of Zihuatanejo, it had intensified into Tropical Storm Winifred.
Winifred steadily became more organized, and late on October 7, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) was anticipating Winifred to reach hurricane intensity within the next 36 hours. A large cyclone, Winifred continued to intensify. Its forward speed decreased as it started to turn to the northwest. By October 8, Winifred become a hurricane while located approximately 340 mi (550 km) south-southeast of Manzanillo. A small eye became evident on satellite imagery, and thus the winds increased to 85 mph (145 km/h).
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