1972 Atlantic hurricane season

1972 Atlantic hurricane season

Season summary map
First storm formed	May 23, 1972
Last storm dissipated	November 7, 1972
Strongest storm	Betty – 976 mbar (hPa) (28.83 inHg), 105 mph (165 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
Total storms	7
Hurricanes	3
Total fatalities	122
Total damage	$2.1 billion (1972 USD)
Atlantic hurricane seasons 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974

The 1972 Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1, 1972 and ended on November 30, 1972. 1972 had a very inactive hurricane season with only 7 storms all were named this was one of the seasons that subtropical storms had a separate naming list. One of the only notable storms this season Hurricane Agnes which at that time it was the costliest hurricane in US history.

Storms

• Subtropical Storm Alpha
• Hurricane Agnes
• Hurricane Betty
• Tropical Storm Carrie
• Hurricane Dawn
• Subtropical Storm Charlie
• Subtropical Storm Delta

Storm names

This is the list of names that were set aside for the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. Name that were not used are marked in gray

* Hurricane Agnes Hurricane Betty Tropical Storm Carrie Hurricane Dawn Edna (unused) Felice (unused) Gerda (unused)

Harriet (unused) Ilene (unused) Jane (unused) Kara (unused) Lucile (unused) Mae (unused) Nadine (unused)

Odette (unused) Polly (unused) Rita (unused) Sarah (unused) Tina (unused) Velma (unused) Wendy (unused)

Unused Subtropical Storm names

Echo (unused) Foxtrot (unused) Golf (unused) Hotel (unused) India (unused) Juliet (unused) Kilo (unused)

Lima (unused) Mike (unused) November (unused) Oscar (unused) Papa (unused) Quebec (unused) Romeo (unused)

Sierra (unused) Tango (unused) Uniform (unused) Victor (unused) Whiskey (unused) X-Ray (unused) Yankee (unused) Zulu (unused)

Retirement

Agnes was retired in 1973.

Other websites

• HPC rainfall pages for 1972 Tropical Cyclones
• Monthly Weather Review