Hurricane Agnes (1972)
Hurricane Agnes reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between June 14, 1972 and June 23, 1972, with a lowest pressure of 977 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Agnes, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1972 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- June 14, 1972 to June 23, 1972
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 977 mb (28.85 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- AL021972
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1,693 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 19.00 inches (483 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| WESTERN SCHUYLKILL CO. | 19.00 in (483 mm) | 0.00N 0.00E |
| HARRISBURG CAPITAL CITY ARPT | 15.25 in (387 mm) | 40.22N 76.85W |
| BEAR GAP | 14.69 in (373 mm) | 40.82N 76.50W |
| ZERBEY AIRPORT | 13.92 in (354 mm) | 40.70N 76.38W |
| WELLSVILLE | 13.90 in (353 mm) | 42.12N 77.95W |
| WASHINGTON DC DULLES INTL AP | 13.65 in (347 mm) | 38.93N 77.48W |
| BIG MEADOWS | 13.60 in (345 mm) | 38.53N 78.43W |
| LEBANON 2 W | 13.57 in (345 mm) | 40.33N 76.47W |
| SHAMOKIN | 13.56 in (344 mm) | 40.80N 76.55W |
| WESTMINSTER 2 SSE | 13.56 in (344 mm) | 39.55N 76.98W |
| WILLIAMSPORT LYCOMING COUNTY | 13.47 in (342 mm) | 41.25N 76.92W |
| ALFRED | 13.24 in (336 mm) | 42.27N 77.78W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 12:00 | 20.0N 89.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 20.0N 88.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 20.0N 88.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 20.0N 88.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 20.0N 87.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 20.0N 87.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 20.0N 87.0W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 20.0N 86.6W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 20.0N 86.2W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 20.2N 85.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 20.5N 85.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 20.9N 85.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 21.4N 85.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 21.9N 85.3W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 22.4N 85.4W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 23.0N 85.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 23.8N 85.6W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 24.8N 85.7W | 65 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 26.0N 85.7W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 27.2N 85.7W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 28.5N 85.7W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 29.6N 85.6W | 65 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 30.5N 85.2W | 45 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 31.4N 84.7W | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 32.2N 83.8W | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 32.9N 82.8W | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 33.5N 81.7W | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 33.8N 80.2W | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 34.4N 79.0W | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 35.2N 77.6W | 40 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 35.8N 75.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 36.9N 74.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 38.2N 73.1W | 60 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 40.2N 73.4W | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 23, 00:00 | 41.7N 74.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1972
- Tropical Storm AlphaNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Hurricane BettyNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Tropical Storm CarrieNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Hurricane DawnNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Tropical Storm CharlieNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Tropical Storm DeltaNorth Atlantic · 1972
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.