The 1968 season

Tropical Depression Gina:Janine (1968)

Tropical Depression Gina:Janine peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between February 13, 1968 and March 2, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Gina:Janine, 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
February 13, 1968 to March 2, 1968
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Lowest pressure
995 mb (29.38 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 203 km (126 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH241968

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
Feb 13, 00:0014.9S 121.8ETropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0015.0S 120.9ETropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0015.0S 119.9ETropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0015.0S 119.0ETropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0015.0S 118.0ETropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0015.0S 116.2ETropical storm
Feb 14, 12:0015.1S 114.1E995 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 18:0015.7S 111.9ETropical storm
Feb 15, 00:0016.0S 109.9ETropical storm
Feb 15, 06:0016.1S 108.4ETropical storm
Feb 15, 12:0016.1S 107.2ETropical storm
Feb 15, 18:0016.2S 106.1ETropical storm
Feb 16, 00:0016.2S 104.9ETropical storm
Feb 16, 06:0016.1S 103.5ENot reported
Feb 16, 12:0016.0S 102.3ENot reported
Feb 16, 18:0015.9S 101.1ENot reported
Feb 17, 00:0016.0S 100.3ETropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0016.1S 99.9ETropical storm
Feb 17, 12:0016.4S 99.9ETropical storm
Feb 17, 18:0016.7S 99.8ETropical storm
Feb 18, 00:0016.9S 99.8ETropical storm
Feb 18, 06:0017.1S 99.4ETropical storm
Feb 18, 12:0017.5S 98.5ETropical storm
Feb 18, 18:0018.0S 97.3ETropical storm
Feb 19, 00:0018.4S 96.1ETropical storm
Feb 19, 06:0018.7S 95.0ETropical storm
Feb 19, 12:0018.9S 94.1ETropical storm
Feb 19, 18:0019.1S 93.2ETropical storm
Feb 20, 00:0019.2S 92.5ETropical storm
Feb 20, 06:0019.2S 91.7ETropical storm
Feb 20, 12:0019.0S 90.4ETropical storm
Feb 20, 18:0018.7S 89.0ETropical storm
Feb 21, 00:0018.5S 87.4ETropical storm
Feb 21, 06:0018.2S 86.0ETropical storm
Feb 21, 12:0018.1S 85.2ETropical storm
Feb 21, 18:0018.1S 84.5ETropical storm
Feb 22, 00:0018.1S 83.7ETropical storm
Feb 22, 06:0018.2S 82.9ETropical storm
Feb 22, 12:0018.7S 81.4ETropical storm
Feb 22, 18:0019.5S 79.6ETropical storm
Feb 23, 00:0020.4S 78.1ETropical storm
Feb 23, 06:0021.2S 76.9ETropical storm
Feb 23, 12:0021.9S 76.2ETropical storm
Feb 23, 18:0022.5S 75.6ETropical storm
Feb 24, 00:0023.3S 75.0ETropical storm
Feb 24, 06:0024.2S 74.4ETropical storm
Feb 24, 12:0025.3S 73.8ETropical storm
Feb 24, 18:0026.5S 73.2ETropical storm
Feb 25, 00:0027.9S 72.7ETropical storm
Feb 25, 06:0029.3S 72.9EMixed
Feb 25, 12:0030.3S 73.9EMixed
Feb 25, 18:0031.0S 75.0EMixed
Feb 26, 00:0031.7S 76.0EMixed
Feb 26, 06:0032.2S 76.9EMixed
Feb 26, 12:0034.0S 76.4EExtratropical
Feb 26, 18:0034.0S 77.1EExtratropical
Feb 27, 00:0033.8S 77.8EExtratropical
Feb 27, 06:0033.1S 78.2EExtratropical
Feb 27, 12:0031.8S 78.2EExtratropical
Feb 27, 18:0031.0S 77.3EExtratropical
Feb 28, 00:0030.8S 76.0EExtratropical
Feb 28, 06:0031.0S 74.3EExtratropical
Feb 28, 12:0031.8S 73.0EExtratropical
Feb 28, 18:0032.4S 72.1EExtratropical
Feb 29, 00:0033.2S 71.3EExtratropical
Feb 29, 06:0034.8S 70.5EExtratropical
Feb 29, 12:0035.9S 70.3EExtratropical
Feb 29, 18:0037.1S 70.9EExtratropical
Mar 1, 00:0038.2S 71.4EExtratropical
Mar 1, 06:0039.5S 72.4EExtratropical
Mar 1, 12:0041.2S 74.1EExtratropical
Mar 1, 18:0043.0S 76.5EExtratropical
Mar 2, 00:0044.7S 79.0EExtratropical
Mar 2, 06:0046.0S 81.7EExtratropical

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.