Hurricanes

The 1968 season

125 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.

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Tracks

The track of every 1968 storm in every basin on one map, colored by the strength it held at each point. Each storm is listed below with its own page.

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North Atlantic

13 storms, 9 at tropical storm strength, 5 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 38.0.

Eastern Pacific

24 storms, 20 at tropical storm strength, 6 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 69.0.

Western Pacific

43 storms, 27 at tropical storm strength, 20 typhoons, 13 major; accumulated cyclone energy 357.9.

North Indian

13 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.

South Indian

19 storms, 2 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 1.4.

South Pacific

13 storms, 1 at tropical storm strength, 1 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 4.0.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.