Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 29 – September 5, 1972
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Carrie (1972) was a tropical storm of the 1972 Atlantic season. It formed on August 29, 1972, 154 mi ENE of Merritt Island, Florida, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb on September 3, 1972, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.8 days and travelled about 1,668 miles (2,683 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 74 mi | Sep 3 · 21:00 UTC | TS 63 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 29.1°N 78.3°W | 150 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 29.8°N 77.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 30.5°N 76.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 31.0°N 75.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 31.5°N 74.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 32.0°N 73.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 32.5°N 72.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 33.0°N 71.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 33.5°N 70.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 34.0°N 69.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 34.4°N 69.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 34.7°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 35.1°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 35.5°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 35.8°N 69.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 36.3°N 70.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 36.9°N 70.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 37.4°N 70.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 38.0°N 71.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 38.7°N 71.1°W | 168 mi SSE of Hampton Bays, New York |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 39.6°N 70.8°W | 126 mi SE of Hampton Bays, New York |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 992 mb | 40.6°N 70.1°W | 73 mi S of Hyannis, Massachusetts |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 992 mb | 41.6°N 69.3°W | 41 mi E of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 42.9°N 68.4°W | 107 mi ESE of Portland, Maine |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 994 mb | 44.8°N 67.4°W | 67 mi E of Bangor, Maine |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 997 mb | 45.9°N 66.5°W | near Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 46.8°N 66.0°W | 28 mi SW of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 47.5°N 65.5°W | 11 mi SE of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Carrie. Its closest approach to a major city was 74 miles from New Bedford, Massachusetts.
At its peak on September 3, 1972, Carrie was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 992 mb.
6.8 days, from August 29, 1972 to September 5, 1972. It travelled about 1,668 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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