page_title: Timeline of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season / Timeline / August
caption_attribution_description: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane ScaleTDTS12345 English: Hurricane Betty (1972) track. Uses the color scheme from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
context_page_description: The 1972 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was a significantly below average season, having only four fully tropical named storms, the fewest since 1930. It was one of only five Atlantic hurricane seasons since 1944 to have no major hurricanes, the others being 1968, 1986, 1994, and 2013. The season officially began on June 1, 1972 and ended on November 30, 1972. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most tropical systems form. However, storm formation is possible at any time of the year, as demonstrated in 1972 by the formation of Subtropical Storm Alpha on May 23. The season's final storm, Subtropical Storm Delta, dissipated on November 7.
  The season produced nineteen tropical or subtropical cyclones, of which seven intensified into tropical or subtropical storms; three became hurricanes, of which only but only one, Betty, had sustained winds greater than minimum hurricane force. Despite its relative inactivity, the 1972 season resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in American history, Hurricane Agnes.
context_section_description: August 22
  12:00 UTC (9:00 a.m. ADT) – A subtropical depression forms to the north of Bermuda.
  August 24
  00:00 UTC (9:00 p.m. ADT, August 23) – The subtropical depression strengthens into a Subtropical Storm Bravo.
  August 25
  06:00 UTC (3:00 a.m. ADT) – Subtropical Storm Bravo become tropical and is re-named Betty.
  August 27
  12:00 UTC (9:00 a.m. ADT) – Tropical Storm Betty strengthens into the second hurricane of the season.
  18:00 UTC (3:00 p.m. ADT) – Hurricane Betty strengthens into a category 2 hurricane.
  August 28
  00:00 UTC (9:00 p.m. ADT, August 27) – Hurricane Betty reaches its peak intensity, with maximum winds of 105 mph (170 km/h).
  August 29
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – A tropical depression forms to the west of Daytona Beach, Florida.
  18:00 UTC (3:00 p.m. ADT) – Hurricane Betty weakens into a category 1 hurricane.
  August 31
  00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, August 30) – The tropical depression strengthens into a Tropical Storm Carrie.
  August 31
  00:00 UTC (9:00 p.m. ADT, August 30) – Hurricane Betty weakens into a tropical storm.
  18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Carrie reaches its initial peak intensity, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h).
caption: Track Map of Hurricane Betty
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