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The 1968 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1968, and lasted until November 30, 1968. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. The season was quiet, and the storms that did form caused only minimal damage. The United States had an early start, though, with Abby, Brenda, and Candy hitting in June; Hurricanes Abby and Gladys are credited with helping to break a drought in the southeastern United States. Three storms formed this June, making it one of the most active on record. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x816, 588 KB) Season summary provided by NOAA of the 1968 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Hurricane Gladys was the most destructive hurricane in the 1968 Atlantic hurricane season, causing over $37 million (2005 US dollars) in damage and five deaths. ...
A millibar (mbar, also mb) is 1/1000th of a bar, a unit for measurement of pressure. ...
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Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ...
Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the levels of tropical depression and tropical storm and thereby become hurricanes. ...
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The 1966 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
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First storm formed: July 25, 1969 Last storm dissipated: Nov. ...
The 1970 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1970, and lasted until November 30, 1970. ...
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004. ...
The Atlantic Basin includes the main body of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, but ommits other bodies of water considered to be a part of the Atlantic Ocean in the broad sense, such as the Mediteranean Sea. ...
A drought usually refers to an extended period of below-normal rainfall. ...
Hurricane Gladys was the costliest storm of the season, causing more than $6 million (1968 USD) in damage as it moved northward through Florida, Cuba, and North Carolina. Hurricane Gladys was the most destructive hurricane in the 1968 Atlantic hurricane season, causing over $37 million (2005 US dollars) in damage and five deaths. ...
Storms
Hurricane Abby A mid-tropospheric trough persisted over the western Caribbean Sea in late May. When a weak cold front moved into the area, it generated convection, gaining enough organization to be called a tropical depression on June 1. The initial circulation was not embedded within the convection, but as it moved slowly north-northeastward, it was able to strengthen and become better organized, reaching tropical storm strength on the 2nd. It crossed the western tip of Cuba, and upon reaching the southeast Gulf of Mexico Abby achieved hurricane strength. It weakened to a tropical storm before hitting Punta Gorda, Florida on the 4th, and moved across the state. Once it reached the western Atlantic, building high pressure to its east forced Abby northwestward. On the 6th, it again reached the Florida coast, this time near Jacksonville. Abby weakened to a tropical depression as it moved over Georgia, and over the next 6 days, it wandered around the Carolinas, finally dissipating on the 13th east of Virginia. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 550 KB) Summary Hurricane Abby (1968) track. ...
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Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean (pronounced or ) Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...
Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...
Punta Gorda is a city located in Charlotte County, Florida. ...
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The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ...
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While Abby caused heavy rain over Florida, the rain was almost entirely beneficial, as Florida was suffering from a heavy drought. Total damage in the United States is estimated around $450,000 (1968 USD ($16.65 million 2005 USD)) and the storm indirectly caused 6 deaths.
Hurricane Brenda Similar to Abby's origins, Brenda began from a mid-level trough persisting over Florida, forming a tropical depression on June 17 south of Florida. The cyclone moved northward across the peninsula for 60 hours, and upon reaching the Atlantic, reached favorable conditions. Shear was low and water temperatures were warm enough, allowing the depression to become a tropical storm on the 21st and a hurricane on the 23rd. Brenda wouldn't maintain its intensity for very long, and on the 24th, dry air and shear disrupted the system. Brenda weakened to a tropical storm on the 25th, and became extratropical on June 26 over the open Atlantic. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x633, 258 KB) Summary Hurricane Brenda (1968) track. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x633, 258 KB) Summary Hurricane Brenda (1968) track. ...
June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ...
June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ...
Tropical Storm Candy Following a similar pattern to the previous two storms, a mid-level low formed over Texas, gradually reaching the surface and warming. It became a tropical depression on June 22 over the western Gulf of Mexico. As it moved quickly northward, became Tropical Storm Candy on the 23rd, the third storm of June. Just after reaching its peak intensity of 70 mph Candy moved inland over southeast Texas, causing heavy flooding, crop damage, and tornadoes. Tropical Depression Candy continued to move quickly northeast, becoming extratropical on the 26th over Ohio and dissipating that day. Candy caused $2.7 million in damage ($15 million in 2005 USD). Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x705, 894 KB) Summary Tropical Storm Candy (1968) track. ...
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Hurricane Dolly After such an active June, the tropics remained quiet until August 10, when an upper-level low combined with a tropical wave developed a tropical depression over the western Bahamas. It moved over Florida briefly, moving northeastward by nightfall. The depression struggled to strengthen, due to a frontal boundary to its west attempting to absorb it. The depression won out, becoming Tropical Storm Dolly on the 12th and a hurricane on the 13th. It became cut off from the moist tropical air that night, weakening to a tropical storm. Dolly found her "second wind" when baroclinic processes allowed her to become a hurricane again, this time at nearly 40ºN. Dolly finally succumbed to the cold environment on the 16th, becoming a tropical depression and later extratropical. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x633, 274 KB) Summary Hurricane Dolly (1968) track. ...
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August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Tropical Storm Edna The precursor to Tropical Storm Edna was a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa. Immediately upon reaching the tropical Atlantic, it became a tropical depression. It likely achieved tropical storm strength on September 14, but it was not until the 15th when it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Edna. An upper level cold core trough weakened it to a tropical depression on the 18th. Edna dissipated the next day without affecting land. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x633, 93 KB) Summary Tropical Storm Edna (1968) track. ...
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September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ...
Subtropical Storm One A subtropical depression formed in the western Atlantic on September 14. It moved eastward without strengthening, but as it turned northwest, it reached storm strength. The subtropical cyclone headed east-southeastward, reaching hurricane intensity (though it was not a hurricane because it was not tropical) before becoming extratropical on the 23rd. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x633, 193 KB) Summary 1968 Atlantic subtropical storm 1 track. ...
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Subtropical (or semitropical) areas are those adjacent to the tropics, usually roughly defined as the ranges 23. ...
September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ...
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Tropical Storm Frances A midtropospheric trough developed convection near a circulation over the Bahamas. It became a tropical depression on September 23, and after four days of moving northeastward, it became Tropical Storm Frances. On the 27th, Frances reached her peak of 60 mph while north of Bermuda, but an upper level low weakened the storm on the 29th, leaving behind an extratropical depression. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x633, 256 KB) Summary Tropical Storm Frances (1968) track. ...
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September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...
Hurricane Gladys | | | | Gladys satellite image and storm path | - Main article: Hurricane Gladys
Hurricane Gladys developed from a tropical wave on October 13 in the western Caribbean Sea. It drifted northwestward, reaching tropical storm strength on the 15th. On the 16th, it became a hurricane just before crossing Cuba. It maintained that intensity as it crossed the island and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Because Gladys's circulation was mostly over land, it was only an 80 mph (Category 1) hurricane at its Homosassa, Florida landfall on the 19th. After moving across Florida, Gladys paralleled the Carolinas, reaching its peak of 75 mph before becoming extratropical on the 21st near Nova Scotia. It caused $6.7 million (1968 USD) in damage, almost all of it in Florida. Image File history File links Hurricane_Gladys_1968. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x908, 639 KB) Summary Hurricane Gladys (1968) track. ...
Hurricane Gladys was the most destructive hurricane in the 1968 Atlantic hurricane season, causing over $37 million (2005 US dollars) in damage and five deaths. ...
October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ...
Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean (pronounced or ) Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying hurricanes by the intensity of their sustained winds, developed in 1969 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and National Hurricane Center director Bob Simpson. ...
Homosassa is a census-designated place located in Citrus County, Florida. ...
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Other Storms Several tropical depressions formed this year that did not develop into tropical storms.
One of those formed on August 28 in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. It didn't have a chance to strengthen, as it moved over Florida that night. It remained over the peninsula until the 31st when it dissipated. The storm caused 15 inches of rain and spawned tornadoes. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ...
Another one formed on September 9 off the coast of South Carolina. It moved quickly northeastward, reaching the coast of Long Island on the 11th. It is possible this tropical depression reached tropical storm strength, as there were reports of gale force winds. September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ...
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The last tropical depression of the season formed on November 24 over the Bahamas. This late season cyclone moved northeastward, passing near Bermuda on the 25th before becoming absorbed by a large developing extratropical low to its northwest. It is also possible that this tropical depression reached tropical storm strength. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1968 storm names The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1968.
The list is mostly the same as the 1964 season, save for Candy, Dolly, Edna, Frances, Hannah, and Ingrid, which replaced Cleo, Dora, Ethel, Florence, Hilda, and Isbell (although Hilda was reused in 1973; and Ethel, Florence, and Isbell were not retired). Storms were named Candy and Dolly for the first time in 1968. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray. First storm formed: June 2, 1964 Last storm dissipated: Nov. ...
- Abby
- Brenda
- Candy
- Dolly
- Edna
- Frances
- Gladys
| - Hannah (unused)
- Ingrid (unused)
- Janet (unused)
- Katy (unused)
- Lila (unused)
- Molly (unused)
- Nita (unused)
| - Odette (unused)
- Paula (unused)
- Roxie (unused)
- Stella (unused)
- Trudy (unused)
- Vesta (unused)
- Wesley (unused)
| Hurricane Gladys was the most destructive hurricane in the 1968 Atlantic hurricane season, causing over $37 million (2005 US dollars) in damage and five deaths. ...
Retirement -
No names were retired this season. However, the name Edna was later retroactively retired because of the Hurricane Edna of the 1954 season, and has not been used since. This is a list of all Atlantic hurricanes that have had their names retired. ...
Hurricane Edna was a Category 3 hurricane that hugged the east coast before striking New England in mid-September, 1954. ...
The 1954 Atlantic hurricane season was an on-going event in the cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
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This is a list of notable Atlantic hurricanes, subdivided by reason for notability. ...
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External links - Monthly Weather Review
- Detailed information on all storms from 1968
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