1968 Pacific typhoon season

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The 1968 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1968, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific 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 the Joint 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 the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.

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[edit] Storms

31 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 27 became tropical storms. 20 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 5 reached super typhoon strength. No storms this season caused significant damage or deaths.

[edit] Typhoon Jean

Typhoon Jean 3
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Duration April 06 – April 15, 1968
Intensity 125 mph [1], 932 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Kim

Typhoon Kim 3
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Duration May 30 – June 05, 1968
Intensity 115 mph [1], 948 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Lucy

Typhoon Lucy 3
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Duration June 27 – July 02, 1968
Intensity 125 mph [1], 935 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Mary

Typhoon Mary 4
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Duration July 20 – July 30, 1968
Intensity 150 mph [1], 924 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Nadine

Tropical Storm Nadine TS
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Duration July 21 – July 28, 1968
Intensity 70 mph [1], 966 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Olive

Tropical Storm Olive TS
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Duration July 24 – July 25, 1968
Intensity 45 mph [1], 987 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Polly

Tropical Storm Polly TS
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Duration August 05 – August 16, 1968
Intensity 65 mph [1], 964 mbar[1]

Tropical 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.[2]

[edit] Tropical Storm Rose

Tropical Storm Rose TS
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Duration August 09 – August 13, 1968
Intensity 70 mph [1], 962 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Shirley

Typhoon Shirley 1
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Duration August 16 – August 21, 1968
Intensity 75 mph [1], 962 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Trix

Tropical Storm Trix TS
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Duration August 23 – August 29, 1968
Intensity 65 mph [1], 977 mbar[1]

Tropical Storm Trix struck the southern islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku. Heavy flooding killed 25 people and left 2 missing.[2]

[edit] Super Typhoon Wendy

Super Typhoon Wendy 5
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Duration August 27 – September 09, 1968
Intensity 160 mph [1], 917 mbar[1]

Tropical Storm Wendy, which formed on August 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 southern Taiwan on September 5 as a minimal typhoon. Wendy continued to weaken, and after crossing the South China Sea, Wendy dissipated over northern Vietnam on the 9th.

[edit] Tropical Storm Virginia

Tropical Storm Virginia TS
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Duration August 25 – August 26, 1968
Intensity 50 mph [1],  mbar

[edit] Super Typhoon Agnes

Super Typhoon Agnes 5
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Duration August 28 – September 09, 1968
Intensity 170 mph [1], 904 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Bess

Typhoon Bess 1
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Duration August 31 – September 05, 1968
Intensity 75 mph [1], 965 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Carmen

Typhoon Carmen 3
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Duration September 16 – September 23, 1968
Intensity 125 mph [1], 935 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Della

Typhoon Della 4
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Duration September 16 – September 24, 1968
Intensity 140 mph [1], 930 mbar[1]

Typhoon Della struck Kyūshū Island in southern Japan with winds of 100 mph. Della killed 11 throughout southern Japan.[2]

[edit] Super Typhoon Elaine

Super Typhoon Elaine 5
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Duration September 24 – October 01, 1968
Intensity 175 mph [1], 908 mbar[1]

Super Typhoon Elaine, after peaking at 175 mph winds, weakened to hit extreme northern Luzon on September 28 as a 130 mph typhoon. It continued to the northwest, and after hitting southeastern China as a minimal tropical storm Elaine dissipated on October 1.

[edit] Super Typhoon Faye

Super Typhoon Faye 5
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Duration October 02 – October 09, 1968
Intensity 165 mph [1], 911 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Gloria

Typhoon Gloria 2
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Duration October 14 – October 23, 1968
Intensity 105 mph [1], 942 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Hester

Tropical Storm Hester TS
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Duration October 18 – October 20, 1968
Intensity 45 mph [1], 987 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Irma

Typhoon Irma 1
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Duration October 20 – October 24, 1968
Intensity 95 mph [1], 946 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Judy

Typhoon Judy 4
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Duration October 24 – November 02, 1968
Intensity 140 mph [1], 928 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Kit

Typhoon Kit 1
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Duration October 26 – October 30, 1968
Intensity 80 mph [1], 959 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Lola

Typhoon Lola 3
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Duration November 07 – November 12, 1968
Intensity 120 mph [1], 938 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Mamie

Typhoon Mamie 1
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Duration November 09 – November 23, 1968
Intensity 75 mph [1], 972 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Nina

Typhoon Nina 1
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Duration November 18 – November 27, 1968
Intensity 80 mph [1], 959 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Ora

Typhoon Ora 4
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Duration November 21 – November 29, 1968
Intensity 140 mph [1], 931 mbar[1]

[edit] 1968 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.

  • Agnes 13W
  • Bonnie 14W
  • Carmen 15W
  • Della 16W
  • Elaine 17W
  • Faye 18W
  • Gloria 19W
  • Hester 20W
  • Irma 21W
  • Judy 22W
  • Kit 23W
  • Lola 24W
  • Mamie 25W
  • Nina 26W
  • Ora 27W
  • Phyllis
  • Rita
  • Susan
  • Tess
  • Viola
  • Winnie
  • Alice
  • Betty
  • Cora
  • Doris
  • Elsie
  • Flossie
  • Grace
  • Helen
  • Ida
  • June
  • Kathy
  • Lorna
  • Marie
  • Nancy
  • Olga
  • Pamela
  • Ruby
  • Sally
  • Therese
  • Violet
  • Wilda
  • Anita
  • Billie
  • Clara
  • Dot
  • Ellen
  • Fran
  • Georgia
  • Hope
  • Iris
  • Joan
  • Kate
  • Louise
  • Marge
  • Nora
  • Opal
  • Patsy
  • Ruth
  • Sarah
  • Thelma
  • Vera
  • Wanda
  • Amy
  • Babe
  • Carla
  • Dinah
  • Emma
  • Freda
  • Gilda
  • Harriet
  • Ivy
  • Jean 1W
  • Kim 2W
  • Lucy 3W
  • Mary 4W
  • Nadine 5W
  • Olive 6W
  • Polly 7W
  • Rose 8W
  • Shirley 9W
  • Trix 10W
  • Virginia 11W
  • Wendy 12W

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba 1968 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS
  2. ^ a b c Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information

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