The 1975 season

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.

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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).

StationTotalPosition
BELHAVEN 3 NE5.87 in (149 mm)35.50N 76.68W
BODIE ISLAND5.33 in (135 mm)35.83N 75.55W
MANTEO AP4.15 in (105 mm)35.92N 75.70W
SOUTHPORT 5 N3.78 in (96 mm)34.00N 78.02W
CRESCENT CITY3.58 in (91 mm)29.42N 81.52W
NEW HOLLAND3.57 in (91 mm)35.45N 76.22W
WHITING FLD NAS3.49 in (89 mm)30.72N 87.02W
ST AUGUSTINE LH3.35 in (85 mm)29.88N 81.30W
LONGWOOD3.34 in (85 mm)34.02N 78.55W
NEW RIVER MCAF3.20 in (81 mm)34.72N 77.43W
HOMESTEAD EXP STN3.07 in (78 mm)25.50N 80.50W
HIGH SPRINGS2.94 in (75 mm)29.83N 82.60W

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 27, 00:0027.5N 79.0W25 kt1013 mbTropical depression
Jun 27, 06:0028.5N 79.0W25 kt1013 mbTropical depression
Jun 27, 12:0029.5N 79.0W25 kt1013 mbTropical depression
Jun 27, 18:0030.5N 79.0W25 kt1013 mbTropical depression
Jun 28, 00:0031.5N 78.8W25 kt1012 mbTropical depression
Jun 28, 06:0032.4N 78.7W25 kt1012 mbTropical depression
Jun 28, 12:0033.3N 78.0W25 kt1011 mbTropical depression
Jun 28, 18:0034.0N 77.0W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jun 29, 00:0034.4N 75.8W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 06:0034.0N 74.8W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 12:0033.8N 73.8W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 18:0033.8N 72.8W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 00:0034.3N 71.6W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 06:0035.6N 70.8W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 12:0035.9N 70.5W60 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 18:0036.2N 70.2W60 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 00:0036.2N 69.8W60 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 06:0036.2N 69.4W60 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 12:0036.2N 68.3W60 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 18:0036.7N 67.2W60 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 00:0037.4N 66.7W60 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 06:0037.3N 65.9W60 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 12:0037.3N 65.1W60 kt981 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 18:0037.3N 64.1W60 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 00:0037.7N 62.8W55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 06:0038.2N 61.2W55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 12:0039.3N 59.6W55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 18:0040.5N 58.0W50 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 4, 00:0042.5N 54.8W50 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 4, 06:0044.5N 51.6W50 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jul 4, 12:0047.0N 48.0W45 kt995 mbExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.