- 1968 Pacific typhoon season
Infobox hurricane season
Basin=WPac
Year=1968
Track=1968 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg
First storm formed=April 6 ,1968
Last storm dissipated=November 29 ,1968
Strongest storm name=Agnes
Strongest storm pressure=904
Total storms=27
Total hurricanes=20
Total intense=4
five seasons=1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970The 1968 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in
1968 , but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwesternPacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwesternPacific Ocean .The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the
international date line . Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1968 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by theJoint Typhoon Warning Center . Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by thePhilippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.torms
31 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 27 became tropical storms. 20 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 4 reached super typhoon strength. No storms this season caused significant damage or deaths.
Typhoon Jean
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Jean
category=cat3
type=TY
formed=April 06
dissipated=April 15 ,1968
highest winds=125 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=932 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Kim
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Kim
category=cat3
type=TY
formed=May 30
dissipated=June 05 ,1968
highest winds=115 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=948 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Lucy (Konsing)
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Lucy
category=cat3
type=TY
formed=June 27
dissipated=July 02 ,1968
highest winds=125 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=935 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Mary
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Mary
category=cat4
type=TY
formed=July 20
dissipated=July 30 ,1968
highest winds=150 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=924 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTropical Storm Nadine
infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Nadine
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=July 21
dissipated=July 28 ,1968
highest winds=70 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=966 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTropical Storm Olive
infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Olive
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=July 24
dissipated=July 25 ,1968
highest winds=45 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=987 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTropical Storm Polly
infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Polly
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=August 05
dissipated=August 16 ,1968
highest winds=65 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=964 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTropical Storm Polly dropped heavy rains on the southern islands of Japan. 112 people were killed and 21 were missing from the floods and landslides caused by Polly's heavy rains. [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=196807&basin=wnp&lang=en Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information ] ]Tropical Storm Rose
infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Rose
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=August 09
dissipated=August 13 ,1968
highest winds=70 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=962 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Shirley
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Shirley
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=August 16
dissipated=August 21 ,1968
highest winds=75 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=962 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTropical Storm Trix
infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Trix
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=August 23
dissipated=August 29 ,1968
highest winds=65 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=977 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTropical Storm Trix struck the southern islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku. Heavy flooding killed 25 people and left 2 missing. [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=196807&basin=wnp&lang=en Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information ] ]uper Typhoon Wendy
infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Wendy
category=cat5
type=STY
formed=August 27
dissipated=September 09 ,1968
highest winds=160 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=917 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTropical Storm Wendy, which formed onAugust 28 in the open Western Pacific, quickly intensified to a peak of 160 mph winds on the 31st. It steadily weakened as it moved westward, and passed by southernTaiwan onSeptember 5 as a minimal typhoon. Wendy continued to weaken, and after crossing the South China Sea, Wendy dissipated over northernVietnam on the 9th.Tropical Storm Virginia
infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Virginia
category=storm
type=tropical storm
track=Tropical Storm Virginia (1968) JTWC Path.jpg
formed=August 25
dissipated=August 26 ,1968
highest winds=50 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure= mbar
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonuper Typhoon Agnes
infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Agnes
category=cat5
type=STY
formed=August 28
dissipated=September 09 ,1968
highest winds=170 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=904 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Bess
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Bess
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=August 31
dissipated=September 05 ,1968
highest winds=75 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=965 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Carmen
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Carmen
category=cat3
type=TY
formed=September 16
dissipated=September 23 ,1968
highest winds=125 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=935 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Della
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Della
category=cat4
type=TY
formed=September 16
dissipated=September 24 ,1968
highest winds=140 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=930 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Della struck Kyūshū Island in southern Japan with winds of 100 mph. Della killed 11 throughout southern Japan. [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=196816&basin=wnp&lang=en Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information ] ]uper Typhoon Elaine
infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Elaine
category=cat5
type=STY
formed=September 24
dissipated=October 01 ,1968
highest winds=175 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=908 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonSuper Typhoon Elaine, after peaking at 175 mph winds, weakened to hit extreme northernLuzon onSeptember 28 as a 130 mph typhoon. It continued to the northwest, and after hitting southeasternChina as a minimal tropical storm Elaine dissipated onOctober 1 .uper Typhoon Faye
infobox hurricane small
name=Super Typhoon Faye
category=cat5
type=STY
formed=October 02
dissipated=October 09 ,1968
highest winds=165 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=911 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Gloria
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Gloria
category=cat2
type=TY
formed=October 14
dissipated=October 23 ,1968
highest winds=105 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=942 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTropical Storm Hester
infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Hester
category=storm
type=tropical storm
formed=October 18
dissipated=October 20 ,1968
highest winds=45 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=987 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Irma
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Irma
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=October 20
dissipated=October 24 ,1968
highest winds=95 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=946 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Judy
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Judy
category=cat4
type=TY
formed=October 24
dissipated=November 02 ,1968
highest winds=140 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=928 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Kit
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Kit
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=October 26
dissipated=October 30 ,1968
highest winds=80 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=959 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Lola
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Lola
category=cat3
type=TY
formed=November 07
dissipated=November 12 ,1968
highest winds=120 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=938 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Mamie
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Mamie
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=November 09
dissipated=November 23 ,1968
highest winds=75 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=972 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Nina
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Nina
category=cat1
type=TY
formed=November 18
dissipated=November 27 ,1968
highest winds=80 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=959 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon seasonTyphoon Ora
infobox hurricane small
name=Typhoon Ora
category=cat4
type=TY
formed=November 21
dissipated=November 29 ,1968
highest winds=140 mph [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
lowest pressure=931 mbar [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS ] ]
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total fatalities=None
hurricane season=1968 Pacific typhoon season1968 storm names
Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center . The first storm of 1968 was named Jean and the final one was named Ora.References
External links
* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website] .
* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph/plotting/PhilippineTyphoonChart.gifPhilippine Area of Responsibility] .
* [https://metoc.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1968atcr/pdf/1968.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center]
* [http://www.weather.gov.hk/informtc/sound/tc_pronunciatione.htm Meaning of Tokyo Typhoon Centre names] .
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