Accumulated Cyclone Energy Rating (ACE)
| ACE (104 kt2) – Storm | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47.69 | Tina | 2 | 32.35 (.362) | Orlene | 3 | 26.91 | Celia |
| 4 | 26.44 (.612) | Frank | 5 | 20.83 | Georgette | 6 | 18.69 | Estelle |
| 7 | (16.46) | Iniki | 8 | 13.70 (1.58) | Roslyn | 9 | (13.69) | Ekeka |
| 10 | 11.51 | Darby | 11 | 9.75 | Seymour | 12 | 7.98 | Virgil |
| 13 | 7.50 | Javier | 14 | 6.04 | Winifred | 15 | 5.57 | Paine |
| 16 | 4.03 | Yolanda | 17 | 3.87 | Lester | 18 | 3.17 | Isis |
| 19 | 3.08 | Agatha | 20 | 2.83 | Howard | 21 | 2.10 | Newton |
| 22 | 1.99 | Zeke | 23 | 1.81 | Madeline | 24 | 1.57 | Kay |
| 25 | (.645) | Hali | 26 | .405 | Xavier | 27 | .367 | Blas |
| Total= 262.152 (33.34) | ||||||||
The table below shows the ACE for each storm in the season. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. ACE is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 34 knots (39 mph, 63 km/h) or tropical storm strength. The figures in parenthesis are for storms in the Central Pacific basin west of 140°W; those not in parenthesis are for the Eastern Pacific basin. This season had the highest ACE of any season on record, with an overall value of 295.492. The 1990 season also had a high ACE, at about 250 that year, but only about 4 of that was from the central Pacific. 33.34 of this seasons total ace came from the central Pacific; excluding it, the overall ace was 262.152. The 1990 season had 6 less storms than this year, but because 16 of the 21 storms that year became hurricanes (the record for any season), and the fact that the major hurricanes in 1990, like Hernan and Trudy, were stronger than this year's ones, the 1990 season's ACE was only 12 lower than this season, so this season had a higher ACE than 1990, but the average ACE per storm that year was higher than this year.
The cumulative ACE for the Eastern Pacific this season easily fell within the official "Above-normal" grading.
Read more about this topic: 1992 Pacific Hurricane Season
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