Hurricane Agnes
Jun 14, 1972 to Jun 23, 1972Peak 81 mph977 mb
Hurricane Agnes passed within 50 miles of 72 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Bay County, FL, as a Category 1 on June 19, 1972.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Agnes · 1972
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 977 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 72
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 112
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Calhoun County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 6.8 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 10.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 10.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 11.7 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 11.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 26.4 | Category 1 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 29.1 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 31.1 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 31.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 34.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 37.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 44.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 46.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 49.4 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 51.3 | Category 1 |
| Northampton County | NC | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 55.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 56.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 58.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 67.4 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 73.3 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 74.1 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 74.3 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | FL | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 80.7 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | NC | 81.7 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 84.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 86.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 86.9 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 89.5 | Category 1 |
| Alamance County | NC | 91.1 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Davidson County | NC | 95.8 | Tropical storm |
| Rowan County | NC | 98.8 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 98.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gaston County | NC | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.