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1972 season track map

Category 5 (≥137kt)Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)Post-tropical / disturbance

Storms: RITA (145kt), KIT (120kt), WENDY (120kt), FABIENNE (130kt), PHYLLIS (120kt), TESS (125kt), BETTY (135kt), MARIE (115kt), CELESTE (115kt), URSULA (110kt), SALLY (100kt), CARLOTTA (110kt), EMILY (105kt), GAIL (105kt), LOLA (105kt), HELEN (100kt), IDA (110kt), NANCY (105kt), OLGA (105kt), PAMELA (110kt), RUBY (110kt), THERESE (105kt), RUBY (110kt), FERNANDA (100kt), GWEN (110kt), HYACINTH (110kt), AGNES (70kt), ALTHEA (95kt), DAISY (90kt), EUGENIE (75kt), GIGI:TESSIE (95kt), VICKY (85kt), GIGI:TESSIE (65kt), HERMIONE (65kt), YOLANDE (70kt), AGATHA (65kt), CAROL (80kt), HANNAH (80kt), IDA (75kt), ORA (80kt), SUSAN (65kt), ALICE (90kt), CORA (65kt), ELSIE (75kt), FLOSSIE (75kt), LORNA (75kt), UNNAMED (65kt), SALLY (80kt), UNNAMED (65kt), AGNES (75kt), BETTY (90kt), DAWN (70kt), ANNETTE (75kt), DIANA (95kt), ESTELLE (70kt), JOANNE (85kt), ODETTE (50kt), RHODA (60kt), UNNAMED (40kt), KITTY (35kt), VIVIENNE (35kt), BELLE (35kt), BRONWYN (40kt), UNNAMED (35kt), CAROLINE (35kt), DOLLY (40kt), UNNAMED (35kt), ANGELA (40kt), BELINDA (60kt), FAITH (45kt), NINA (45kt), MAMIE (50kt), UNNAMED (35kt), VIOLA (60kt), WINNIE (60kt), DORIS (55kt), GRACE (50kt), KATHY (60kt), VIOLET (55kt), ALPHA (60kt), CARRIE (60kt), DELTA (40kt), JUNE (50kt), BONNY (45kt), IVA (45kt), KATHLEEN (40kt), LIZA (45kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (85kt), UNNAMED (80kt), UNNAMED (70kt), UNNAMED (90kt), CHARLIE (60kt)

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 AL02 — AGNES
  • 1972 NI16 — UNNAMED
  • 1972 SI03 — SALLYMH
  • 1972 SI08 — EUGENIE
  • 1972 SI11 — VICKY
  • 1972 SI15 — HERMIONE
  • 1972 SP05 — ALTHEA
  • 1972 SP07 — CARLOTTAMH
  • 1972 SP09 — WENDYMH
  • 1972 SP10 — DAISY
  • 1972 SP13 — EMILY
  • 1972 SP15 — GAIL
  • 1972 SP16 — HANNAH
  • 1972 SP17 — IDA
  • 1972 WP01 — KIT
  • 1972 WP06 — ORA
  • 1972 WP08 — RITA
  • 1972 WP14 — BETTYMH
  • 1972 WP15 — CORA
  • 1972 WP17 — ELSIE
  • 1972 WP18 — FLOSSIE
  • 1972 WP20 — HELEN
  • 1972 WP23 — LORNA
  • 1972 WP28 — PAMELAMH
  • 1972 WP30 — THERESEMH

Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1972

  • 1972 SI03 — SALLY
  • 1972 SP07 — CARLOTTA
  • 1972 SP09 — WENDY
  • 1972 WP14 — BETTY
  • 1972 WP28 — PAMELA
  • 1972 WP30 — THERESE