Typhoon Carmen (1968)
Typhoon Carmen reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between September 15, 1968 and September 25, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 15, 1968 to September 25, 1968
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 935 mb (27.61 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 378 km (235 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.2
- Identifier
- WP161968
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 16.4N 152.4E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 16.6N 152.0E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 16.8N 151.6E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 17.0N 151.3E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 17.2N 150.9E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 16.2N 150.5E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 17.0N 150.0E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 16.9N 149.6E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 16.9N 149.2E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 17.0N 148.6E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 17.2N 148.2E | 65 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 17.6N 147.6E | 70 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 18.2N 147.2E | 75 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 18.9N 146.9E | 80 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 19.8N 146.7E | 90 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 20.7N 146.5E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 21.7N 146.1E | 105 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 22.5N 145.7E | 110 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 23.2N 145.3E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 23.9N 144.9E | 105 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 24.7N 144.4E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 25.6N 143.9E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 26.5N 143.4E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 27.4N 142.9E | 95 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 28.4N 142.7E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 29.4N 142.9E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 30.4N 143.2E | 75 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 31.2N 143.5E | 70 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 32.0N 143.8E | 65 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 32.7N 144.1E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 33.5N 144.3E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 34.3N 144.7E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 35.2N 145.2E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 36.3N 145.9E | 45 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 38.0N 147.5E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 38.0N 150.0E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 39.0N 152.5E | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 40.2N 154.6E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 40.6N 156.5E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 41.0N 158.1E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 41.0N 160.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 41.2N 164.5E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 42.1N 171.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon JeanWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon KimWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon LucyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon MaryWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm NadineWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm OliveWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Depression NadineWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm PollyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm RoseWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm TrixWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm VirginiaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon WendyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Depression WendyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon ElaineWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm HesterWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon KitWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon LolaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon MamieWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon NinaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon OraWestern Pacific · 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.