The 1992 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was unofficially the most active year on record for the basin, with 10 tropical storms developing, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).
The most intense was Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Forrest, which attained peak three-minute sustained winds of 185 km/h (115 mph).
[4] Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 07 proved to be the deadliest and most destructive of the year, claiming 263–423 lives across southern India and leaving $69 million in damage.
Following six months of inactivity across the Northern Indian Ocean, a tropical disturbance developed within a monsoon trough over the Bay of Bengal on May 15.
[6] The India Meteorological Department (IMD), however, estimated the system to have been considerably weaker and only upgraded it to a cyclonic storm with 65 km/h (40 mph) was as it made landfall in Rakhine State on May 19.
[8] In early June, a small area of low pressure developed within the monsoon trough over the southeastern Arabian Sea.
After reaching tropical storm strength early on June 6, increasing wind shear displaced convection from the circulation center and prevented further development.
Steering currents simultaneously became weak as the storm turned northward and moved along an inverted "S-shaped" path for three days before resuming a general eastward motion.
[4] The storm ultimately succumbed to persistent wind shear and dissipated on June 12 just north of the island of Socotra.
[4] Turning northwest, the system deepened into a tropical storm and struck Odisha, India with winds of 85 km/h (55 mph) later that day.
[10] According to the IMD, the system peaked as a deep depression with 55 km/h (35 mph) winds and a pressure of 980 mb (hPa; 28.94 inHg).
Along the coast of the Puri and Cuttack districts a significant storm surge flooded numerous areas, damaging or destroying many homes and disrupting the electrical grid.
On September 21, a monsoonal low formed over northern Thailand and moved westward, emerging over the Bay of Bengal later that day.
Torrential rains produced by the storm caused extensive damage in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu with at least 263 people losing their lives.
More than 5,000 residents were forced to evacuate in Punnaikayal after the Thamirabarani River topped its banks and submerged surrounding areas in 1 m (3.3 ft) of water.
[23] On November 23, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram requested ₹5.3 billion (US$208 million) for flood relief.
Tracking around a subtropical ridge, the system gradually turned northward over the Bay of Bengal and attained hurricane strength on November 17.
[28] The IMD assessed Forrest to have attained three-minute sustained winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) and a pressure of 952 mbar (hPa; 28.11 inHg).
Forrest subsequently made landfall in northwestern Myanmar as a weakening system on November 21 before dissipating early the next day.
[28] On November 20, as Forrest reached its peak intensity, fears arose across Bangladesh that a repeat of the catastrophic April 1991 cyclone would take place.
[28] From November 29 through December 4 a tropical storm existed south of India, peaking at 60 mph winds before dissipating over open waters due to vertical shear.