Storm history › East Pacific › 1972 season
Hurricane Fernanda (1972)
Fernanda was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1972 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 20, 1972 to September 1, 1972, about 12 days, and covered 3,681 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 948 mb.
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb
- Strongest
- Category 3 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 12 days
- Track length
- 3,681 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 18.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 241st highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Priscilla (2025), Hurricane Eugene (2017), Hurricane Otis (2017) and 35 more.
- Lowest pressure: 127th lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Fernanda (2017), Hurricane John (2006), Hurricane Estelle (1998) and 10 more.
- Energy: 12% of the 1972 East Pacific season's ACE.