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NHC AL021972 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Agnes (1972)

June 14, 1972 – June 23, 1972

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Agnes peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,699 US cities, 16 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Agnes in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Agnes from June 14, 1972 to June 23, 1972; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 19 at 75 mph (Category 1), 7 miles from Panama City, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,699 US cities, in 11 states, most in New York (662) and New Jersey (367). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 15 miles from Panama City Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Roosevelt, NY, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,699
At hurricane strength
16

when closest

States
11
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Cities Agnes passed near, strongest first

Florida (48)

New Jersey (367)

and 307 more

Pennsylvania (83)

and 23 more

New York (662)

and 602 more

Connecticut (128)

and 68 more

Virginia (10)

North Carolina (215)

and 155 more

Massachusetts (16)

Georgia (10)

Alabama (21)

South Carolina (139)

and 79 more

Other storms of the 1972 season

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.