NHC EP041972 · Eastern Pacific basin
Hurricane Diana (1972)
August 11, 1972 – August 20, 1972
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Diana peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 8 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Diana in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Diana from August 11, 1972 to August 20, 1972; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 8 US cities, all in Hawaii. The strongest pass was 66 mph (tropical storm) 68 miles from Pahoa, HI; the centre came closest to Hilo, HI, 63 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 8
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
109 mph
when closest
Cities Diana passed near, strongest first
Hawaii (8)
- PahoaTropical storm · 68 mi
- KeaauTropical storm · 64 mi
- KurtistownTropical storm · 69 mi
- Mountain ViewTropical storm · 74 mi
- HiloTropical storm · 63 mi
- HonokaaTropical storm · 63 mi
- KapaauTropical storm · 72 mi
- KamuelaTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1972 season
- AlphaTropical storm · 109 cities
- AgnesCategory 1 · 1,699 cities
- Unnamed (AL041972)Tropical storm · 108 cities
- CarrieTropical storm · 81 cities
- DawnTropical storm · 3 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.