Hurricanes

The 1972 season

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

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Tracks

The track of every 1972 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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Deaths and damage

1 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 87 people in all.

The figures come from the National Hurricane Center and from Wikidata, which have filled in only some storms; a storm with no figure here may still have killed.

North Atlantic

19 storms, 7 at tropical storm strength, 3 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 27.5.

Eastern Pacific

16 storms, 14 at tropical storm strength, 9 hurricanes, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 151.1.

Western Pacific

38 storms, 29 at tropical storm strength, 21 typhoons, 13 major; accumulated cyclone energy 399.5.

North Indian

17 storms, 4 at tropical storm strength, 4 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 21.6.

South Indian

17 storms, 5 at tropical storm strength, 2 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 5.4.

South Pacific

17 storms, 16 at tropical storm strength, 9 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 43.3.

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.