The 1972 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 31 systems

Atlantic storms
12
3 hurricanes · 0 major
Atlantic ACE
37
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
92 mph
Charlie
Landfalling
2
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
14
9 hurricanes · 5 major
Pacific strongest
132 mph
Celeste

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · hover a track to highlight it, click to open the storm’s own page with an animated replay.

01 · Summary

How the 1972 season went

The 1972 Atlantic season produced 12 tropical storms, 3 hurricanes and 0 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 37. The strongest was Hurricane Charlie at 92 mph / 944 mb. 2 storms made landfall.

The 1972 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 14 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 151. The strongest was Hurricane Celeste at 132 mph / 940 mb. 0 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVSubtropical Storm Alpha — May 23–29, 1972Alpha TSHurricane Annette — June 1–8, 1972Annette Cat 1Hurricane Agnes — June 14–23, 1972Agnes Cat 1Unnamed storm #3 — June 18–21, 1972Unnamed storm #3 TSUnnamed storm #4 — July 11–13, 1972Unnamed storm #4 TSUnnamed storm #5 — July 18–23, 1972Unnamed storm #5 TSTropical Storm Bonny — July 27–30, 1972Bonny TSUnnamed storm #6 — August 3–4, 1972Unnamed storm #6 TDHurricane Celeste — August 6–22, 1972Celeste Cat 4Hurricane Diana — August 11–20, 1972Diana Cat 2Hurricane Estelle — August 15–22, 1972Estelle Cat 1Unnamed storm #9 — August 17–18, 1972Unnamed storm #9 TDHurricane Fernanda — August 20 – September 1, 1972Fernanda Cat 3Hurricane Gwen — August 22–31, 1972Gwen Cat 3Hurricane Betty — August 22 – September 1, 1972Betty Cat 1Hurricane Hyacinth — August 28 – September 7, 1972Hyacinth Cat 3Tropical Storm Carrie — August 29 – September 5, 1972Carrie TSUnnamed storm #12 — September 3–5, 1972Unnamed storm #12 TSTropical Storm Dawn — September 5–13, 1972Dawn TSTropical Storm Iva — September 14–22, 1972Iva TSHurricane Charlie — September 19–23, 1972Charlie Cat 1Unnamed storm #15 — September 20–23, 1972Unnamed storm #15 TDTropical Storm June — September 24–28, 1972June TSUnnamed storm #16 — September 29 – October 3, 1972Unnamed storm #16 TSHurricane Joanne — September 30 – October 7, 1972Joanne Cat 2Unnamed storm #17 — October 5–12, 1972Unnamed storm #17 TDUnnamed storm #18 — October 17–22, 1972Unnamed storm #18 TDTropical Storm Kathleen — October 18–19, 1972Kathleen TSSubtropical Storm Delta — November 1–7, 1972Delta TSHurricane Ruby — November 11–20, 1972Ruby Cat 3Tropical Storm Liza — November 13–15, 1972Liza TS

Each bar is one storm’s life, colored by its strength at that moment (faded = post-tropical). Click a bar to open the storm.

03 · Atlantic

Atlantic storms of 1972

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Subtropical Storm AlphaMay 23 – May 29TS 69 mph988 mb—3.0
Hurricane AgnesJun 14 – Jun 23Cat 1 81 mph977 mbFlorida6.2
Unnamed storm #3Jun 18 – Jun 21TS 52 mph1007 mb—2.0
Unnamed storm #4Jul 11 – Jul 13TS 40 mph1014 mbyes0.6
Unnamed storm #5Jul 18 – Jul 23TS 46 mph998 mb—1.2
Unnamed storm #6Aug 3 – Aug 4TD 35 mph1008 mb—0.0
Unnamed storm #9Aug 17 – Aug 18TD 29 mph——0.0
Hurricane BettyAug 22 – Sep 1Cat 1 92 mph976 mb—12.0
Tropical Storm CarrieAug 29 – Sep 5TS 63 mph992 mb—2.5
Unnamed storm #12Sep 3 – Sep 5TS 52 mph1000 mb—0.8
Tropical Storm DawnSep 5 – Sep 13TS 63 mph996 mb—5.1
Hurricane CharlieSep 19 – Sep 23Cat 1 92 mph944 mb—0.9
Unnamed storm #15Sep 20 – Sep 23TD 35 mph1009 mb—0.0
Unnamed storm #16Sep 29 – Oct 3TS 40 mph1012 mb—1.1
Unnamed storm #17Oct 5 – Oct 12TD 35 mph1006 mb—0.0
Unnamed storm #18Oct 17 – Oct 22TD 35 mph——0.0
Subtropical Storm DeltaNov 1 – Nov 7TS 46 mph1001 mb—1.6

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1972

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Hurricane AnnetteJun 1 – Jun 8Cat 1 86 mph993 mb—7.4
Tropical Storm BonnyJul 27 – Jul 30TS 52 mph996 mb—1.2
Hurricane CelesteAug 6 – Aug 22Cat 4 132 mph940 mb—36.3
Hurricane DianaAug 11 – Aug 20Cat 2 109 mph——16.7
Hurricane EstelleAug 15 – Aug 22Cat 1 81 mph——7.3
Hurricane FernandaAug 20 – Sep 1Cat 3 115 mph948 mb—18.1
Hurricane GwenAug 22 – Aug 31Cat 3 127 mph941 mb—16.2
Hurricane HyacinthAug 28 – Sep 7Cat 3 127 mph962 mb—16.5
Tropical Storm IvaSep 14 – Sep 22TS 52 mph999 mb—2.4
Tropical Storm JuneSep 24 – Sep 28TS 58 mph——1.1
Hurricane JoanneSep 30 – Oct 7Cat 2 98 mph971 mb—11.4
Tropical Storm KathleenOct 18 – Oct 19TS 46 mph——0.5
Hurricane RubyNov 11 – Nov 20Cat 3 127 mph944 mb—14.7
Tropical Storm LizaNov 13 – Nov 15TS 52 mph——0.8
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