Tropical Storm Bertha:Betty (1968)
Tropical Storm Bertha:Betty peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between January 19, 1968 and January 26, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 988 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bertha:Betty, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1968 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 19, 1968 to January 26, 1968
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 988 mb (29.18 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Identifier
- SH181968
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 12.2S 131.8E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 12.0S 132.3E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 12.2S 131.2E | 999 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 12.7S 130.5E | 997 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 13.1S 130.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 13.5S 129.4E | 995 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 14.5S 128.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 14.8S 127.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 14.9S 126.9E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 14.9S 125.8E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 15.1S 124.6E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 15.5S 123.4E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 15.9S 122.2E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 16.4S 121.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 22, 12:00 | 16.9S 120.1E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 22, 18:00 | 17.4S 119.1E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 23, 00:00 | 17.8S 118.3E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 23, 06:00 | 18.0S 117.7E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 23, 12:00 | 18.0S 117.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 23, 18:00 | 17.9S 116.6E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 18.1S 116.0E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 18.5S 115.1E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 24, 12:00 | 19.0S 114.2E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 24, 18:00 | 19.5S 113.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 25, 00:00 | 20.0S 112.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 25, 06:00 | 20.6S 111.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 25, 12:00 | 21.2S 111.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 25, 18:00 | 22.0S 111.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 26, 00:00 | 24.3S 111.1E | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1968
- Tropical Depression AnitaSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression BelindaSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression CarmenSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression Amy:ElspethSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression DebbySouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression FlossieSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression GeorgetteSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression BetsySouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression HenrietteSouth Indian · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Storm DoreenSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression EllaSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression IdaSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression Gina:JanineSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression KarineSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression MoniqueSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression LottieSouth Indian · 1968
- Tropical Depression NoreenSouth Indian · 1968
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
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.