UDC 551.515.23(261)"1972" Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1972

• Main Author: R. H. Simpson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.395.1410; http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/101/mwr-101-04-0323.pdf

season in the North Atlantic is presented together with detailed accounts of all named tropical cyclones. 1. GENERAL SUMMARY The 1972 hurricane season was notable for at least three reasons. First, fewer tropical storms and hurricanes formed in the Atlantic than in any season since 1930, despite the fact that essentially the same number of hurricane seedlings were observed as in 1971 when above-normal storm activity occurred. Only two tropical cyclones occurred in 1930 and only three in 1929. Secondly, in 1972 as in 1971, most of the tropical cyclones developed in temperate latitudes, Agnes being the only one to form in the Tropics. There were no severe hurricanes, and only Betty had sustained winds of more than minimal hurricane force. Finally, 1972 will be remembered as the year of record