Storm history › East Pacific › 1972 season
Hurricane Estelle (1972)
Estelle was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1972 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 15, 1972 to August 22, 1972, about 8 days, and covered 1,966 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 80 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 8 days
- Track length
- 1,966 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 7.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 541st highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Flossie (2019), Hurricane Marty (2015), Hurricane Barbara (2013) and 32 more.
- Energy: 5% of the 1972 East Pacific season's ACE.