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1972 season track map

Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)

Storms: WENDY (120kt), URSULA (110kt), CARLOTTA (110kt), EMILY (105kt), GAIL (105kt), ALTHEA (95kt), DAISY (90kt), YOLANDE (70kt), AGATHA (65kt), HANNAH (80kt), IDA (75kt), UNNAMED (40kt), KITTY (35kt), VIVIENNE (35kt), BRONWYN (40kt), UNNAMED (35kt), FAITH (45kt)

Hurricane-strength landfalls, 1972

Attributed to whichever basin a storm was actually crossing at the moment of landfall, matching the H/MH Landfalls columns above — that can differ from a storm's genesis basin shown elsewhere on this site.

  • 1972 SP05 — ALTHEA
  • 1972 SP07 — CARLOTTAMH
  • 1972 SP09 — WENDYMH
  • 1972 SP10 — DAISY
  • 1972 SP13 — EMILY
  • 1972 SP15 — GAIL
  • 1972 SP16 — HANNAH
  • 1972 SP17 — IDA

Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1972

  • 1972 SP07 — CARLOTTA
  • 1972 SP09 — WENDY