Storm history › West Pacific › 1972 season
Tropical Storm Violet (1972)
Violet was a tropical storm of the 1972 West Pacific season. It was tracked from December 11, 1972 to December 21, 1972, about 10 days, and covered 2,181 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
- Peak wind
- 65 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 2,181 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 1.5
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1424th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Pulasan (2024), Tropical Storm Mirinae (2021), Tropical Storm Nida (2021) and 104 more.
- Lowest pressure: 1740th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Nangka (2026), Tropical Storm Nuri (2020), Tropical Storm Etau (2020) and 11 more.
- Energy: 0% of the 1972 West Pacific season's ACE.