Tropical Storm Edna (1968)
Tropical Storm Edna peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between September 13, 1968 and September 17, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 1012 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Edna, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 13, 1968 to September 17, 1968
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1012 mb (29.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1345 km (836 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.0
- Identifier
- AL081968
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 13, 18:00 | 14.5N 30.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 14.8N 30.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 15.0N 31.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 15.3N 32.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 15.6N 33.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 15.8N 34.9W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 16.0N 35.8W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 16.2N 36.7W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 16.3N 37.7W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 16.4N 38.6W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 16.5N 39.6W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 16.5N 40.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 16.6N 41.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 16.7N 42.8W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 16.8N 43.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 16.9N 45.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 17.0N 46.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1968
- Hurricane AbbyNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Hurricane BrendaNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Tropical Storm CandyNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Hurricane DollyNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Tropical Storm FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Hurricane GladysNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.