Typhoon Della (1968)
Typhoon Della reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 11, 1968 and September 27, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Della, 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 11, 1968 to September 27, 1968
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 24.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- WP151968
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 11, 18:00 | 15.7N 148.3E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 15.7N 147.6E | 1009 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 15.7N 147.1E | 1007 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 15.5N 146.5E | 1009 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 15.3N 145.7E | 1007 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 15.1N 144.5E | 1007 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 15.6N 143.7E | 1007 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 16.0N 142.8E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 16.2N 141.9E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 16.5N 140.8E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 16.7N 139.8E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 17.1N 138.7E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 17.3N 137.7E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 17.8N 136.6E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 18.2N 136.1E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 18.8N 135.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 19.4N 136.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 19.8N 135.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 20.2N 135.6E | 15 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 19.8N 135.4E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 19.2N 135.0E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 19.0N 135.0E | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 18.8N 134.7E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 18.3N 134.5E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 18.2N 134.2E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 17.3N 134.1E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 16.9N 133.7E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 16.7N 133.3E | 50 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 16.5N 132.8E | 55 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 16.6N 132.3E | 65 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 16.8N 131.8E | 75 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 17.1N 131.2E | 85 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 17.4N 130.7E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 17.8N 130.2E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 18.3N 129.6E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 18.8N 129.1E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 19.3N 128.6E | 105 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 19.9N 128.1E | 105 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 20.6N 127.6E | 110 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 21.3N 126.9E | 115 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 22.0N 126.2E | 120 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 22.7N 125.6E | 120 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 23.5N 125.3E | 115 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 24.2N 125.4E | 115 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 24.8N 125.6E | 110 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 25.6N 126.0E | 110 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 26.4N 126.6E | 105 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 27.3N 127.3E | 105 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 28.4N 128.1E | 100 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 29.4N 128.7E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 30.3N 129.4E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 31.3N 130.2E | 65 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 32.4N 130.6E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 33.6N 131.2E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 32.8N 130.2E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 32.5N 130.2E | 1009 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 32.3N 130.1E | 1010 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 32.0N 130.0E | 1013 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 31.7N 129.8E | 1012 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 31.8N 129.5E | 1014 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 32.0N 129.0E | 1013 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 32.0N 129.0E | 1014 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 32.1N 129.0E | 1013 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 32.3N 129.0E | 1013 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 CarmenWestern 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.