Tropical Storm Hester (1968)
Tropical Storm Hester peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between October 15, 1968 and October 21, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Hester, 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- October 15, 1968 to October 21, 1968
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Identifier
- WP201968
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 13.8N 117.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 13.7N 117.4E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 13.7N 117.3E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 13.4N 116.5E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 13.2N 115.8E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 12.8N 115.3E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 12.4N 115.0E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 12.1N 114.4E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 12.0N 113.7E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 11.8N 113.0E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 11.7N 112.5E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 11.6N 112.3E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 11.3N 111.7E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 11.1N 111.1E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 10.9N 110.4E | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 10.9N 109.5E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 11.3N 108.5E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 11.8N 107.7E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 12.0N 106.7E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 10.9N 105.4E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 11.0N 103.7E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 11.0N 102.5E | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon JeanWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon KimWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon LucyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon MaryWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm NadineWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm OliveWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Depression NadineWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm PollyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm RoseWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm TrixWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Storm VirginiaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon WendyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Tropical Depression WendyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon ElaineWestern Pacific · 1968
- Super Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon KitWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon LolaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon MamieWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon NinaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon OraWestern Pacific · 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.