Tropical Storm Amy (1975)
Tropical Storm Amy peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between June 27, 1975 and July 4, 1975, with a lowest pressure of 981 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Amy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1975 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 27, 1975 to July 4, 1975
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 981 mb (28.97 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 45 km (28 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Identifier
- AL021975
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 694 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 5.87 inches (149 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| BELHAVEN 3 NE | 5.87 in (149 mm) | 35.50N 76.68W |
| BODIE ISLAND | 5.33 in (135 mm) | 35.83N 75.55W |
| MANTEO AP | 4.15 in (105 mm) | 35.92N 75.70W |
| SOUTHPORT 5 N | 3.78 in (96 mm) | 34.00N 78.02W |
| CRESCENT CITY | 3.58 in (91 mm) | 29.42N 81.52W |
| NEW HOLLAND | 3.57 in (91 mm) | 35.45N 76.22W |
| WHITING FLD NAS | 3.49 in (89 mm) | 30.72N 87.02W |
| ST AUGUSTINE LH | 3.35 in (85 mm) | 29.88N 81.30W |
| LONGWOOD | 3.34 in (85 mm) | 34.02N 78.55W |
| NEW RIVER MCAF | 3.20 in (81 mm) | 34.72N 77.43W |
| HOMESTEAD EXP STN | 3.07 in (78 mm) | 25.50N 80.50W |
| HIGH SPRINGS | 2.94 in (75 mm) | 29.83N 82.60W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 00:00 | 27.5N 79.0W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 28.5N 79.0W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 12:00 | 29.5N 79.0W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 18:00 | 30.5N 79.0W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 00:00 | 31.5N 78.8W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 32.4N 78.7W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 33.3N 78.0W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 34.0N 77.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 34.4N 75.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 34.0N 74.8W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 33.8N 73.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 33.8N 72.8W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 34.3N 71.6W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 35.6N 70.8W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 35.9N 70.5W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 36.2N 70.2W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 36.2N 69.8W | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 06:00 | 36.2N 69.4W | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 12:00 | 36.2N 68.3W | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 36.7N 67.2W | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 37.4N 66.7W | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 37.3N 65.9W | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 37.3N 65.1W | 60 kt | 981 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 37.3N 64.1W | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 37.7N 62.8W | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 38.2N 61.2W | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 39.3N 59.6W | 55 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 40.5N 58.0W | 50 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 42.5N 54.8W | 50 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 44.5N 51.6W | 50 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 47.0N 48.0W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane BlancheNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane CarolineNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane DorisNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane EloiseNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane FayeNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Hurricane GladysNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Tropical Storm HallieNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1975
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1975
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.