Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 30 – October 7, 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
Hurricane Joanne (1972) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1972 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 30, 1972, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 971 mb on October 2, 1972, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 98 mph on October 2, 1972). The storm lasted 7.0 days and travelled about 1,850 miles (2,977 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.5°N 104.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.4°N 105.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.6°N 106.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.1°N 108.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.6°N 109.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.9°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.2°N 111.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 980 mb | 14.5°N 112.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.9°N 113.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.3°N 113.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 15.8°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.7°N 115.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 17.6°N 116.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 18.0°N 116.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 18.4°N 116.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 971 mb | 19.0°N 116.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 19.7°N 116.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 20.2°N 116.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 20.7°N 116.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.6°N 116.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 22.8°N 116.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 24.1°N 116.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 25.4°N 116.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 26.5°N 115.9°W | 152 mi SW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 982 mb | 27.4°N 115.6°W | 102 mi WSW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 28.1°N 115.3°W | 77 mi W of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 28.9°N 114.9°W | 83 mi NW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 29.9°N 114.2°W | 87 mi SSE of San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 31.0°N 113.0°W | 39 mi SE of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Joanne.
At its peak on October 2, 1972, Joanne was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a central pressure of 971 mb.
7.0 days, from September 30, 1972 to October 7, 1972, including 84 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,850 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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