1992 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season

The 1992 Atlantic hurricane season was a below average season in terms of both named storms and hurricanes. It was the first season since 1987 to feature only 1 major hurricane and also featured the lowest number of named storms since that year. The season's strongest, most notable, and only major hurricane was Hurricane Earl, a damaging Category 3 hurricane that also became the first major hurricane to strike New England since Hurricane Carol in 1954.

The season officially started on June 1st, although development is possible at any time of the year as shown with Hurricane Andrew, which developed on April 21st. The season officially ended on November 30th, although the season's last storm, Tropical Storm Hermine, dissipated an entire month before the season's end.

Hurricane Andrew
A strong low pressure system developed at the end of a stationary cold front on April 20th. By 14:00 UTC the next day, the low had transitioned into a subtropical storm while off the coast of North Carolina. 4 hours later, the subtropical storm had transitioned into a fully tropical system, receiving the name Andrew from the NHC. Andrew continued to strengthen until hurricane-force winds were reported in the storm's center. Therefore, it was upgraded to Hurricane Andrew, becoming the first storm and also first hurricane of the 1992 season.

Tracking northeast across the Atlantic Ocean, Andrew held its strength as a hurricane for a long time despite cool water temperatures. The storm reached its peak intensity while around 300 miles southeast of Newfoundland. Thereafter, the storm began to weaken significantly over the cold early-season waters of the northern Atlantic. By April 26th, Andrew was rather disorganized, and it was determined to have transitioned to an extratropical low at 8:00 UTC before being absorbed by another extratropical system further to the north.

Tropical Storm Bonnie
A tropical wave was present over the tropical Atlantic on June 17th. A high-pressure ridge to the north allowed convection in the wave to increase, and on June 18th had sufficient circulation to be classified as Tropical Depression Two. The depression was initially slow to organize, but on June 18th strengthened into Tropical Storm Bonnie while just east of the Bahamas.

Continuing northwest, Bonnie gradually intensified, reaching its peak intensity with wind speeds of 50 mph (85 km/h) on June 20th while approaching Georgia. Bonnie came within 40 miles of the coast before turning back towards sea. Bonnie produced tropical storm-force winds from Georgia to North Carolina as it hugged the coastline. Land interaction eventually caused the storm to weaken, and it became a tropical depression while accelerating northeast. Finally, on June 22nd, Bonnie was absorbed by a cold front off the coast of Maryland.