Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1972 season
Storm Carol (1972)
Carol was a storm of the 1972 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from April 6, 1972 to April 14, 1972, about 8 days, and covered 1,424 miles.
At its peak it had a lowest pressure of 965 mb.
- Peak wind
- Not recorded
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb
- Strongest
- Storm
- Duration
- 8 days
- Track length
- 1,424 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.0
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How it compares
- Lowest pressure: 345th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Elvis (2025), Cyclone Lorna (2019), Cyclone Billy (1999) and 8 more.