The 1968 season

Tropical Depression Georgette (1968)

Tropical Depression Georgette peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between January 9, 1968 and February 1, 1968, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Georgette, 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
January 9, 1968 to February 1, 1968
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH111968

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
Jan 9, 06:0013.0S 71.4ETropical storm
Jan 9, 12:0013.0S 70.0ETropical storm
Jan 9, 18:0013.0S 68.5ETropical storm
Jan 10, 00:0013.0S 66.7ETropical storm
Jan 10, 06:0013.0S 65.0ETropical storm
Jan 10, 12:0013.1S 63.7ETropical storm
Jan 10, 18:0013.2S 62.6ETropical storm
Jan 11, 00:0013.3S 61.5ETropical storm
Jan 11, 06:0013.5S 60.4ETropical storm
Jan 11, 12:0013.6S 59.5ETropical storm
Jan 11, 18:0013.8S 58.6ETropical storm
Jan 12, 00:0014.0S 57.6ETropical storm
Jan 12, 06:0014.1S 56.7ETropical storm
Jan 12, 12:0014.2S 56.1ETropical storm
Jan 12, 18:0014.3S 55.6ETropical storm
Jan 13, 00:0014.4S 54.9ETropical storm
Jan 13, 06:0014.5S 54.3ETropical storm
Jan 13, 12:0014.5S 53.8ETropical storm
Jan 13, 18:0014.5S 53.2ETropical storm
Jan 14, 00:0014.4S 52.7ETropical storm
Jan 14, 06:0014.3S 52.1ETropical storm
Jan 14, 12:0014.2S 51.6ETropical storm
Jan 14, 18:0014.0S 51.0ETropical storm
Jan 15, 00:0013.7S 50.6ETropical storm
Jan 15, 06:0013.5S 50.1ETropical storm
Jan 15, 12:0013.5S 49.2ETropical storm
Jan 15, 18:0013.6S 48.3ETropical storm
Jan 16, 00:0013.7S 47.4ETropical storm
Jan 16, 06:0013.9S 46.5ETropical storm
Jan 16, 12:0014.1S 45.8ETropical storm
Jan 16, 18:0014.4S 45.3ETropical storm
Jan 17, 00:0014.6S 44.8ETropical storm
Jan 17, 06:0014.9S 44.3ETropical storm
Jan 17, 12:0015.1S 43.8ETropical storm
Jan 17, 18:0015.3S 43.2ETropical storm
Jan 18, 00:0015.6S 42.6ETropical storm
Jan 18, 06:0016.0S 42.0ETropical storm
Jan 18, 12:0016.6S 41.1ETropical storm
Jan 18, 18:0017.3S 40.2ETropical storm
Jan 19, 00:0018.0S 39.4ETropical storm
Jan 19, 06:0018.7S 38.7ETropical storm
Jan 19, 12:0019.2S 38.0ETropical storm
Jan 19, 18:0019.7S 37.5ETropical storm
Jan 20, 00:0020.1S 37.2ETropical storm
Jan 20, 06:0020.6S 36.9ETropical storm
Jan 20, 12:0021.3S 36.6ETropical storm
Jan 20, 18:0022.0S 36.5ETropical storm
Jan 21, 00:0022.4S 36.9ETropical storm
Jan 21, 06:0022.7S 37.5ETropical storm
Jan 21, 12:0022.8S 37.6ETropical storm
Jan 21, 18:0023.0S 37.7ETropical storm
Jan 22, 00:0023.1S 37.7ETropical storm
Jan 22, 06:0023.3S 37.7ETropical storm
Jan 22, 12:0023.5S 37.2ETropical storm
Jan 22, 18:0023.6S 36.6ETropical storm
Jan 23, 00:0023.4S 36.1ETropical storm
Jan 23, 06:0023.0S 36.1ETropical storm
Jan 23, 12:0022.7S 36.7ETropical storm
Jan 23, 18:0022.4S 37.4ETropical storm
Jan 24, 00:0022.5S 38.1ETropical storm
Jan 24, 06:0022.8S 38.6ETropical storm
Jan 24, 12:0022.9S 38.8ETropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0022.9S 39.1ETropical storm
Jan 25, 00:0022.7S 39.3ETropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0022.6S 39.6ETropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0022.6S 39.8ETropical storm
Jan 25, 18:0022.6S 40.0ETropical storm
Jan 26, 00:0022.6S 40.1ETropical storm
Jan 26, 06:0022.7S 40.2ETropical storm
Jan 26, 12:0022.9S 40.6ETropical storm
Jan 26, 18:0023.2S 41.0ETropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0023.3S 41.3ETropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0023.5S 41.6ETropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0023.7S 42.0ETropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0024.0S 42.5ETropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0024.3S 43.2ETropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0024.7S 43.9EMixed
Jan 28, 12:0025.0S 44.4EMixed
Jan 28, 18:0025.2S 44.8EMixed
Jan 29, 00:0025.2S 45.0EMixed
Jan 29, 06:0025.4S 45.3EMixed
Jan 29, 12:0026.3S 46.1EMixed
Jan 29, 18:0027.3S 47.0EMixed
Jan 30, 00:0028.3S 47.7EMixed
Jan 30, 06:0029.3S 48.4EMixed
Jan 30, 12:0030.3S 49.0EMixed
Jan 30, 18:0031.2S 49.6EMixed
Jan 31, 00:0032.1S 50.1EMixed
Jan 31, 06:0033.0S 50.5EMixed
Jan 31, 12:0031.2S 52.6EExtratropical
Jan 31, 18:0033.0S 52.9EExtratropical
Feb 1, 00:0034.9S 53.0EExtratropical
Feb 1, 06:0036.9S 53.2EExtratropical

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.