NHC AL131972 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Dawn (1972)
September 5, 1972 – September 13, 1972
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Dawn peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Dawn in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Dawn from September 5, 1972 to September 13, 1972; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 68 miles from Nags Head, NC.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 3
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
63 mph
when closest
Cities Dawn passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (3)
- Nags HeadTropical storm · 68 mi
- ManteoTropical storm · 72 mi
- Kill Devil HillsTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1972 season
- AlphaTropical storm · 109 cities
- AgnesCategory 1 · 1,699 cities
- Unnamed (AL041972)Tropical storm · 108 cities
- DianaCategory 2 · 8 cities
- CarrieTropical storm · 81 cities
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.