Hurricane Gladys (1968)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

October 13, 1968 to October 21, 1968

Peak strength

Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)

Lowest pressure

977 mb (28.85 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

10.2

Fastest the center moved

35 kt (40 mph)

Identifier

AL141968

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.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 959 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 13.80 inches (351 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• Hurricane AbbyNorth Atlantic · 1968Cat 165 kt · 992 mb
• Hurricane BrendaNorth Atlantic · 1968Cat 170 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm CandyNorth Atlantic · 1968Tropical Storm60 kt · 995 mb
• Hurricane DollyNorth Atlantic · 1968Cat 175 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1968Tropical Depression25 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1968Tropical Storm55 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm EdnaNorth Atlantic · 1968Tropical Storm60 kt · 1012 mb
• Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1968Cat 175 kt · 976 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1968Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1968Tropical Storm50 kt · 1001 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1968Tropical Depression30 kt · 1004 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1968Tropical Depression30 kt

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Gladys