Tropical Storm Dawn
Sep 5, 1972 to Sep 13, 1972Peak 63 mph996 mb
Tropical Storm Dawn came within 100 miles of 7 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Dawn · 1972
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 63 mph, 55 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 7
- NC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Dare County | NC | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 80.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 95.9 | 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.