The 1968 season

Tropical Depression Carmen (1968)

Tropical Depression Carmen peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between December 19, 1967 and December 28, 1967.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Carmen, 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.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
December 19, 1967 to December 28, 1967
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
No; closest approach 470 km (292 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH061968

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 19, 18:0012.0S 56.8ETropical storm
Dec 20, 00:0012.3S 57.8ETropical storm
Dec 20, 06:0012.5S 58.6ETropical storm
Dec 20, 12:0012.7S 59.1ETropical storm
Dec 20, 18:0012.9S 59.6ETropical storm
Dec 21, 00:0013.1S 60.0ETropical storm
Dec 21, 06:0013.3S 60.5ETropical storm
Dec 21, 12:0013.8S 61.1ETropical storm
Dec 21, 18:0014.5S 61.7ETropical storm
Dec 22, 00:0015.2S 62.2ETropical storm
Dec 22, 06:0016.0S 62.6ETropical storm
Dec 22, 12:0016.9S 62.9ETropical storm
Dec 22, 18:0017.8S 63.1ETropical storm
Dec 23, 00:0018.7S 63.2ETropical storm
Dec 23, 06:0019.5S 63.2ETropical storm
Dec 23, 12:0019.9S 63.1ETropical storm
Dec 23, 18:0020.1S 62.9ETropical storm
Dec 24, 00:0020.3S 62.9ETropical storm
Dec 24, 06:0020.6S 62.8ETropical storm
Dec 24, 12:0021.0S 62.6ETropical storm
Dec 24, 18:0021.5S 62.4ETropical storm
Dec 25, 00:0022.1S 62.3ETropical storm
Dec 25, 06:0022.6S 62.3ETropical storm
Dec 25, 12:0023.1S 62.4ETropical storm
Dec 25, 18:0023.5S 62.6ETropical storm
Dec 26, 00:0024.0S 62.8ETropical storm
Dec 26, 06:0024.5S 63.1ETropical storm
Dec 26, 12:0025.2S 63.4ETropical storm
Dec 26, 18:0026.0S 63.8ETropical storm
Dec 27, 00:0026.7S 64.1ETropical storm
Dec 27, 06:0027.3S 64.4EMixed
Dec 27, 12:0030.0S 68.7EExtratropical
Dec 27, 18:0032.0S 70.4EExtratropical
Dec 28, 00:0034.0S 72.3EExtratropical
Dec 28, 06:0036.3S 74.5EMixed

Other South Indian storms of 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.