1972 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL05 1972

Jul 18, 12:00 PM UTC – Jul 23, 6:00 AM UTC (4.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
45 mph (40 kt)
Lowest pressure
998 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (20)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1972-07-18 12:00TD36.5°N 41.0°W25—
1972-07-18 18:00TD36.8°N 41.5°W251012
1972-07-19 00:00TD36.9°N 41.8°W251012
1972-07-19 06:00TD37.0°N 41.5°W251010
1972-07-19 12:00TD37.0°N 40.8°W251009
1972-07-19 18:00TD37.0°N 40.0°W251007
1972-07-20 00:00TD37.5°N 39.2°W251006
1972-07-20 06:00TD38.2°N 38.5°W30—
1972-07-20 12:00TD39.2°N 37.5°W301003
1972-07-20 18:00TS40.0°N 36.8°W351001
1972-07-21 00:00TS40.3°N 36.0°W351001
1972-07-21 06:00TS40.5°N 35.0°W351000
1972-07-21 12:00TS40.7°N 34.0°W35999
1972-07-21 18:00TS41.2°N 33.0°W40998
1972-07-22 00:00TS41.5°N 32.0°W40—
1972-07-22 06:00TS41.5°N 30.5°W351000
1972-07-22 12:00TS41.8°N 28.5°W351002
1972-07-22 18:00TS42.5°N 26.2°W351004
1972-07-23 00:00EX43.5°N 24.2°W30—
1972-07-23 06:00EX44.5°N 23.0°W25—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.