Storm history › East Pacific › 1972 season
Hurricane Celeste (1972)
Celeste was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1972 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 6, 1972 to August 22, 1972, about 16 days, and covered 3,971 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 940 mb.
- Peak wind
- 130 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb
- Strongest
- Category 4 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 16 days
- Track length
- 3,971 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 36.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 137th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Lala (2026), Hurricane Odalys (2026), Hurricane Iona (2025) and 49 more.
- Lowest pressure: 81st lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Karina (2026), Hurricane Hilary (2023), Hurricane Faxai (2019) and 5 more.
- Energy: 24% of the 1972 East Pacific season's ACE.