1972 season

Hurricane Joanne (1972)

Sep 30, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 7, 12:00 AM UTC (7.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
971 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1972-09-30 00:00TD12.5°N 104.9°W30—
1972-09-30 06:00TD12.4°N 105.7°W30—
1972-09-30 12:00TS12.6°N 106.7°W45—
1972-09-30 18:00TS13.1°N 108.2°W50—
1972-10-01 00:00TS13.6°N 109.6°W55—
1972-10-01 06:00TS13.9°N 110.5°W55—
1972-10-01 12:00TS14.2°N 111.3°W55—
1972-10-01 18:00HU14.5°N 112.2°W65980
1972-10-02 00:00HU14.9°N 113.1°W75—
1972-10-02 06:00HU15.3°N 113.8°W80—
1972-10-02 12:00HU15.8°N 114.6°W85—
1972-10-02 18:00HU16.7°N 115.3°W85—
1972-10-03 00:00HU17.6°N 116.1°W85—
1972-10-03 06:00HU18.0°N 116.5°W80—
1972-10-03 12:00HU18.4°N 116.6°W80—
1972-10-03 18:00HU19.0°N 116.6°W80971
1972-10-04 00:00HU19.7°N 116.6°W80—
1972-10-04 06:00HU20.2°N 116.6°W80—
1972-10-04 12:00HU20.7°N 116.6°W70—
1972-10-04 18:00HU21.6°N 116.6°W65—
1972-10-05 00:00HU22.8°N 116.5°W65—
1972-10-05 06:00TS24.1°N 116.3°W60—
1972-10-05 12:00TS25.4°N 116.1°W55—
1972-10-05 18:00TS26.5°N 115.9°W55—
1972-10-06 00:00TS27.4°N 115.6°W55982
1972-10-06 06:00TS28.1°N 115.3°W55—
1972-10-06 12:00TS28.9°N 114.9°W40—
1972-10-06 18:00EX29.9°N 114.2°W401004
1972-10-07 00:00EX31.0°N 113.0°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.