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NHC AL021972 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Agnes (1972)

June 14, 1972 – June 23, 1972

Hurricane Agnes peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,175 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,175
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
10

Cities Agnes passed near, strongest first

New York (390)

and 330 more

New Jersey (377)

and 317 more

North Carolina (161)

and 101 more

Pennsylvania (85)

and 25 more

Connecticut (83)

and 23 more

Florida (44)

Alabama (20)

Georgia (11)

Virginia (2)

Massachusetts (2)

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.