Tropical Storm Angela (1972)
Tropical Storm Angela peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between February 29, 1972 and March 3, 1972, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Angela, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 29, 1972 to March 3, 1972
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 577 km (359 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.3
- Identifier
- SH221972
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 00:00 | 8.0S 97.0E | 10 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 29, 06:00 | 8.7S 97.7E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 29, 12:00 | 9.5S 98.5E | 15 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 29, 18:00 | 10.3S 99.2E | 15 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 11.0S 100.0E | 15 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 11.5S 101.2E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 12.0S 102.5E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 12.5S 103.7E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 00:00 | 13.0S 105.0E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 13.2S 106.2E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 13.1S 107.4E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 13.2S 108.7E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 13.3S 110.0E | 10 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1972
- Tropical Depression OdetteSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression RhodaSouth Indian · 1972
- Cyclone SallySouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression AgnesSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression BelleSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression CarolineSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression DollySouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression EugenieSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression FabienneSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Storm Gigi:TessieSouth Indian · 1972
- Cyclone VickySouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression Gigi:TessieSouth Indian · 1972
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression HermioneSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Storm BelindaSouth Indian · 1972
- Tropical Depression CarolSouth Indian · 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.