Tropical Storm Carrie (1972)
Tropical Storm Carrie peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between August 29, 1972 and September 5, 1972, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Carrie, 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
- August 29, 1972 to September 5, 1972
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- AL111972
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 1,130 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 12.50 inches (318 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| TASHMOO/MARTHAS VINEYARD | 12.50 in (318 mm) | 41.45N 70.62W |
| EAST WAREHAM | 8.89 in (226 mm) | 41.77N 70.67W |
| PLYMOUTH-KINGSTON | 8.82 in (224 mm) | 41.98N 70.70W |
| WOODS HOLE | 8.55 in (217 mm) | 41.52N 70.67W |
| HATCHVILLE | 7.87 in (200 mm) | 41.62N 70.53W |
| ROCKPORT 1 ESE | 7.23 in (184 mm) | 42.65N 70.60W |
| EDGARTOWN | 7.06 in (179 mm) | 41.38N 70.52W |
| PEMBROKE | 7.00 in (178 mm) | 42.02N 70.82W |
| PRINCESS ANNE | 6.38 in (162 mm) | 38.22N 75.68W |
| CHATHAM WSMO | 6.12 in (155 mm) | 41.67N 69.97W |
| SOUTH WELLFLEET | 5.80 in (147 mm) | 41.90N 69.98W |
| BEECHWOOD | 5.66 in (144 mm) | 42.23N 70.82W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 29.0N 78.5W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 29.8N 77.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 30.5N 76.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 31.0N 75.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 31.5N 74.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 32.0N 73.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 32.5N 72.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 33.0N 71.2W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 33.5N 70.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 33.8N 69.7W | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 34.3N 69.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 34.5N 69.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 35.0N 69.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 35.2N 69.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 35.5N 69.2W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 36.2N 70.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 36.9N 70.9W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 37.4N 71.0W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 37.9N 71.2W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 38.8N 71.1W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 39.7N 70.8W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 40.6N 70.2W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 41.5N 69.5W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 42.8N 68.5W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 44.8N 67.5W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 45.7N 66.5W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 46.5N 65.5W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 46.8N 64.5W | 40 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 47.0N 63.0W | 40 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1972
- Tropical Storm AlphaNorth Atlantic · 1972
- Hurricane AgnesNorth 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
- 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.