Tropical Storm Frances (1968)
Tropical Storm Frances peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between September 23, 1968 and September 29, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 1001 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Frances, 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 23, 1968 to September 29, 1968
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb (29.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 470 km (292 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Identifier
- AL121968
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 23, 12:00 | 26.4N 73.5W | 25 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 27.2N 73.7W | 25 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 27.9N 73.9W | 25 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 28.4N 74.1W | 25 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 28.8N 74.2W | 30 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 29.4N 74.1W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 30.1N 73.5W | 30 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 30.7N 72.6W | 30 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 31.3N 71.7W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 31.9N 70.8W | 30 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 32.5N 70.0W | 30 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 33.0N 69.4W | 30 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 33.4N 68.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 33.7N 68.2W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 33.9N 67.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 34.1N 67.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 34.3N 66.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 34.5N 65.3W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 34.7N 63.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 34.9N 61.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 35.1N 59.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 35.4N 57.8W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 35.7N 55.7W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 36.0N 53.5W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 35.8N 50.7W | 35 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 35.5N 48.1W | 35 kt | Extratropical |
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
- Tropical Storm EdnaNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth 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.