Unnamed tropical depression (1972)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the North Atlantic between July 16, 1972 and July 20, 1972.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
- July 16, 1972 to July 20, 1972
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1224 km (761 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- AL051972
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 37.0N 38.5W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 37.4N 39.1W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 37.8N 39.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 38.1N 40.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 38.5N 41.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 38.5N 41.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 38.5N 42.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 38.5N 42.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 38.5N 43.0W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 38.2N 43.1W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 38.0N 43.2W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 37.7N 43.3W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 37.5N 43.5W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 37.8N 41.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 38.2N 40.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 38.6N 38.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 39.0N 37.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 39.5N 35.5W | 20 kt | Tropical depression |
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
- 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.