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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1968 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 24 storms · 20 Jun 1968–27 Oct 1968

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY65.5
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1968 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 24 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESMEXICOCUBACHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalAnnette: 20 Jun–22 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBonny: 4 Jul–7 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 14 Jul–14 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionCeleste: 15 Jul–19 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormDiana: 21 Jul–23 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormEstelle: 23 Jul–25 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormEstelle: 31 Jul–31 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 1 Aug–1 Aug, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionFernanda: 5 Aug–12 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Gwen: 6 Aug–8 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormHyacinth: 17 Aug–21 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormJoanne: 21 Aug–26 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Iva: 21 Aug–25 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormKathleen: 24 Aug–3 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormVirginia: 25 Aug–25 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormLiza: 28 Aug–4 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Madeline: 29 Aug–30 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 30 Aug–1 Sep, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionNaomi: 9 Sep–13 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Orla: 22 Sep–28 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormPauline: 26 Sep–3 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1Rebecca: 6 Oct–10 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1Simone: 18 Oct–19 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormTara: 20 Oct–27 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1968 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Annette–45Tropical storm—340
Bonny–45Tropical storm—1,160
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—210
Celeste–45Tropical storm—1,530
Diana–45Tropical storm—1,680
Estelle–45Tropical storm—2,320
Estelle–25Tropical depression—0
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—0
Fernanda–75Cat 1—2,490
Gwen–45Tropical storm—1,210
Hyacinth–45Tropical storm—900
Joanne–75Cat 1—1,850
Iva–45Tropical storm—1,700
Kathleen–45Tropical storm—2,690
Virginia–50Tropical storm—0
Liza–75Cat 1—1,740
Madeline–45Tropical storm—350
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—750
Naomi–75Cat 1—1,320
Orla–50Tropical storm—1,790
Pauline–75Cat 110081,430
Rebecca–75Cat 1—1,060
Simone–45Tropical storm—130
Tara–45Tropical storm—2,020

24 storms with an IBTrACS 1968 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 20 Jun 1968, last 27 Oct 1968.

Tropical storms20

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes6

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)0

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormFernanda

75 kt · 86 mph / 139 km/h

Lowest pressure1008 hPa

Pauline, 29 Sept 1968

Longest track record10.5 days

Kathleen, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1968 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1968 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 6 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 20 tropical storms, with 0 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1968 Pacific hurricane season?

Fernanda, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 75 kt (Category 1) on 8 Aug 1968, 06:00 UTC.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1968?

None. No storm in the 1968 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1968 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 20 Jun 1968 and the last on 27 Oct 1968, from 24 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1968 Pacific hurricane season?

Fernanda, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 8 Aug 1968, 06:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Eastern Pacific basin for the 1968 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Eastern Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology