1972 season

Tropical Storm Dawn (1972)

Sep 5, 6:00 PM UTC – Sep 13, 6:00 PM UTC (8.0 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
65 mph (55 kt)
Lowest pressure
996 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (33)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1972-09-05 18:00TD25.0°N 80.0°W301007
1972-09-06 00:00TD26.0°N 79.7°W301007
1972-09-06 06:00TD26.8°N 79.0°W30—
1972-09-06 12:00TS27.3°N 77.9°W35—
1972-09-06 18:00TS28.0°N 76.6°W401005
1972-09-07 00:00TS29.0°N 74.6°W451005
1972-09-07 06:00TS30.2°N 72.8°W501001
1972-09-07 12:00TS32.3°N 71.3°W501001
1972-09-07 18:00TS34.2°N 70.4°W55999
1972-09-08 00:00TS35.2°N 70.9°W55998
1972-09-08 06:00TS35.9°N 71.6°W55—
1972-09-08 12:00TS36.3°N 72.8°W55997
1972-09-08 18:00TS36.6°N 73.6°W55996
1972-09-09 00:00TS36.2°N 74.2°W501001
1972-09-09 06:00TS35.8°N 74.4°W451003
1972-09-09 12:00TS35.5°N 74.2°W451005
1972-09-09 18:00TS35.0°N 73.7°W451002
1972-09-10 00:00TS34.2°N 72.9°W451005
1972-09-10 06:00TS33.4°N 72.2°W45—
1972-09-10 12:00TS32.6°N 71.9°W45—
1972-09-10 18:00TS31.8°N 71.7°W451006
1972-09-11 00:00TS31.0°N 72.1°W451006
1972-09-11 06:00TS30.5°N 73.2°W401007
1972-09-11 12:00TS30.1°N 74.3°W401006
1972-09-11 18:00TS30.1°N 75.3°W351014
1972-09-12 00:00TS30.2°N 76.4°W351014
1972-09-12 06:00TS30.3°N 77.4°W351014
1972-09-12 12:00TD30.6°N 78.3°W301016
1972-09-12 18:00LO31.0°N 79.0°W251014
1972-09-13 00:00LO30.9°N 79.7°W25—
1972-09-13 06:00LO30.9°N 80.6°W251015
1972-09-13 12:00LO31.2°N 81.2°W25—
1972-09-13 18:00LO31.5°N 81.0°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.