1972 season

Hurricane Ruby (1972)

Nov 11, 12:00 AM UTC – Nov 20, 12:00 AM UTC (9.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
125 mph (110 kt)
Lowest pressure
944 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (37)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1972-11-11 00:00TD5.0°N 175.0°W25—
1972-11-11 06:00TD5.7°N 175.6°W25—
1972-11-11 12:00TD6.2°N 176.2°W25—
1972-11-11 18:00TD6.9°N 176.7°W25—
1972-11-12 00:00TD7.5°N 177.0°W25—
1972-11-12 06:00TD8.0°N 177.2°W25—
1972-11-12 12:00TD8.7°N 177.3°W25—
1972-11-12 18:00TD9.3°N 177.6°W25—
1972-11-13 00:00TD9.7°N 177.7°W25—
1972-11-13 06:00TS10.4°N 177.8°W45—
1972-11-13 12:00TS11.2°N 178.0°W45—
1972-11-13 18:00TS11.8°N 178.2°W45—
1972-11-14 00:00TS12.2°N 178.5°W45—
1972-11-14 06:00TS12.4°N 180.0°W45—
1972-11-14 12:00HU12.3°N 178.7°E65—
1972-11-14 18:00HU12.7°N 177.8°E75—
1972-11-15 00:00HU13.3°N 176.2°E75—
1972-11-15 06:00HU13.7°N 175.5°E75—
1972-11-15 12:00HU14.0°N 174.5°E75—
1972-11-15 18:00HU14.3°N 173.2°E75—
1972-11-16 00:00HU14.5°N 172.2°E90—
1972-11-16 06:00HU14.9°N 171.5°E100—
1972-11-16 12:00HU15.2°N 170.7°E110944
1972-11-16 18:00HU15.5°N 169.9°E110—
1972-11-17 00:00HU15.7°N 168.8°E110—
1972-11-17 06:00HU16.0°N 167.6°E100—
1972-11-17 12:00HU16.3°N 165.9°E100983
1972-11-17 18:00HU16.0°N 164.1°E90—
1972-11-18 00:00HU15.7°N 162.6°E70—
1972-11-18 06:00HU15.4°N 161.5°E65—
1972-11-18 12:00TS15.4°N 160.5°E60—
1972-11-18 18:00TS15.6°N 159.5°E55—
1972-11-19 00:00TS15.8°N 158.7°E45—
1972-11-19 06:00TS16.1°N 156.7°E45—
1972-11-19 12:00TS16.3°N 156.0°E35—
1972-11-19 18:00TS16.5°N 155.5°E35—
1972-11-20 00:00TD17.0°N 154.5°E30—

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.