Hurricanes

The 1872 season

29 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.

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Tracks

The track of every 1872 storm in every basin on one map, colored by the strength it held at each point. Each storm is listed below with its own page.

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North Atlantic

10 storms, 5 at tropical storm strength, 4 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 65.4.

South Indian

19 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.