Storm history › Atlantic › 1972 season
Hurricane Betty (1972)
Betty was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1972 Atlantic season. It was tracked from August 22, 1972 to September 1, 1972, about 10 days, and covered 2,451 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 976 mb.
- Peak wind
- 90 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 976 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 2,451 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 12.0
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 601st highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Hurricane Imelda (2025), Hurricane Margot (2023), Hurricane Lisa (2022) and 34 more.
- Lowest pressure: 459th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Jerry (2019), Hurricane Philippe (2011), Hurricane Otto (2010) and 5 more.
- Energy: 32% of the 1972 Atlantic season's ACE.