1972 season

Unnamed Tropical Depression, AL17 1972

Oct 5, 6:00 AM UTC – Oct 12, 12:00 AM UTC (6.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Depression
Max sustained wind
35 mph (30 kt)
Lowest pressure
1006 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (28)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1972-10-05 06:00TD9.0°N 16.2°W25—
1972-10-05 12:00TD9.0°N 18.9°W25—
1972-10-05 18:00TD9.1°N 21.5°W30—
1972-10-06 00:00TD9.3°N 24.0°W30—
1972-10-06 06:00TD9.5°N 26.3°W301006
1972-10-06 12:00TD9.8°N 28.4°W30—
1972-10-06 18:00TD10.1°N 30.0°W30—
1972-10-07 00:00TD10.4°N 31.3°W30—
1972-10-07 06:00TD10.7°N 32.6°W30—
1972-10-07 12:00TD11.0°N 33.9°W30—
1972-10-07 18:00TD11.2°N 35.2°W30—
1972-10-08 00:00TD11.5°N 36.5°W30—
1972-10-08 06:00TD11.7°N 37.8°W30—
1972-10-08 12:00TD12.0°N 39.0°W30—
1972-10-08 18:00TD12.3°N 39.9°W30—
1972-10-09 00:00TD12.7°N 40.8°W30—
1972-10-09 06:00TD13.1°N 41.6°W30—
1972-10-09 12:00TD13.5°N 42.5°W30—
1972-10-09 18:00TD14.0°N 43.2°W30—
1972-10-10 00:00TD14.5°N 44.0°W30—
1972-10-10 06:00TD15.0°N 44.8°W30—
1972-10-10 12:00TD15.5°N 45.5°W30—
1972-10-10 18:00TD16.0°N 46.2°W30—
1972-10-11 00:00TD16.5°N 47.0°W30—
1972-10-11 06:00TD17.0°N 47.8°W30—
1972-10-11 12:00TD17.5°N 48.5°W30—
1972-10-11 18:00TD17.9°N 49.1°W30—
1972-10-12 00:00TD18.3°N 49.7°W30—

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.