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NHC AL111972 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Carrie (1972)

August 29, 1972 – September 5, 1972

Tropical Storm Carrie peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 92 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
92
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3

Cities Carrie passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (54)

Maine (37)

Rhode Island (1)

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.