What is 1972 Pacific hurricane season?
{{Infobox hurricane season | Track=1972 Pacific hurricane season map.png | First storm formed=[[June 1]], [[1972]] | Last storm dissipated=[[November 19]], [[1972]] | Strongest storm name=''Celeste'' - 940 [[mbar|mb]], 115&nbsp;[[knot (unit)|knots]] | Total storms=14 | Major storms=5 | Damages= | Fatalities=Unknown | Basin=Pacific hurricane | five seasons=[[1970 Pacific hurricane season|1970]], [[1971 Pacific hurricane season|1971]], '''1972''', [[1973 Pacific hurricane season|1973]], [[1974 Pacific hurricane season|1974]] }} The '''1972 Pacific hurricane season''' began on [[May 15]], [[1972]] in the east [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], and on [[June 1]], [[1972]] in the central Pacific. It ended on [[November 30]], [[1972]]. These dates conventionally delimit the period of time when [[tropical cyclone]]s form in the east Pacific Ocean. This season had a below average number of storms. There were twelve tropical cyclones. Of those, four were tropical storms, eight were hurricanes, and four were major hurricanes that reached Category 3 or higher on the [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale]]. In the central Pacific, two tropical storms and two tropical depressions formed. One of the depressions and one of the storms crossed the dateline to become typhoons. ==Other websites== * [http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1972/index.html Unisys Storm Tracks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108212206/http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1972/index.html |date=2007-11-08 }} * [http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/pages/hurrclimate.php#1972 CPHC Archive] {{1972 Pacific hurricane season buttons}} {{hurricane-stub}} [[Category:Pacific hurricane seasons]] [[Category:1972 in North America|Pacific hurricane season]] [[Category:1970s in weather]]