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Hurricane Diana (1972)

Diana came within 77 km of Hawaii, passing to the north-east as a tropical storm on 19 August 1972. It had peaked far out at sea at 95 kt and was weakening as it neared the islands. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
95 kt (109 mph) Category 2
Closest pass
77 km (48 mi) from Hawaii
When
19 August 1972
Distance from Honolulu
325 km (202 mi)
Lifetime
9 days 11 August 1972 – 20 August 1972
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
north-east

The closest pass

At its closest, Diana was 77 km (48 mi) from Hawaii on 19 August 1972, as a tropical storm with 45 kt (52 mph) winds, approaching from the north-east.

The forecasts

No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.

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