Typhoon Jean (1968)
Typhoon Jean reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between April 5, 1968 and April 19, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Jean, 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
- April 5, 1968 to April 19, 1968
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 935 mb (27.61 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 928 km (577 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.2
- Identifier
- WP011968
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 4.6N 157.4E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 5.0N 157.0E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 5.4N 156.8E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 5.7N 156.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 6.1N 156.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 6.5N 156.1E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 00:00 | 7.0N 155.6E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 06:00 | 7.5N 155.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 12:00 | 7.9N 154.5E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 18:00 | 8.3N 153.9E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 00:00 | 8.7N 153.3E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 06:00 | 9.2N 152.7E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 12:00 | 9.4N 152.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 18:00 | 9.7N 151.8E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 10.0N 151.4E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 10.3N 151.1E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 10.6N 150.6E | 85 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 11.0N 150.1E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 11.6N 149.4E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 12.2N 148.7E | 100 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 12.8N 148.1E | 105 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 13.3N 147.4E | 110 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 13.8N 146.6E | 110 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 14.7N 146.1E | 105 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 15.3N 145.5E | 100 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 16.0N 145.0E | 95 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 16.7N 144.8E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 17.4N 144.8E | 80 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 18.2N 145.0E | 80 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 19.0N 145.1E | 75 kt | 962 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 00:00 | 19.8N 145.2E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 06:00 | 20.1N 145.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 12:00 | 20.3N 145.4E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 13, 18:00 | 20.6N 145.3E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 00:00 | 21.0N 145.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 06:00 | 20.9N 144.6E | 40 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 12:00 | 20.8N 145.1E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 14, 18:00 | 21.2N 145.2E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 00:00 | 21.6N 145.3E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 06:00 | 21.9N 145.4E | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 12:00 | 22.2N 145.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 15, 18:00 | 22.2N 145.5E | 1001 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 16, 00:00 | 22.5N 145.7E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 16, 06:00 | 22.8N 145.9E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 16, 12:00 | 23.0N 146.0E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 16, 18:00 | 23.2N 146.0E | 1003 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 17, 00:00 | 23.4N 145.7E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 17, 06:00 | 23.6N 145.4E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 17, 12:00 | 23.6N 145.0E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 17, 18:00 | 23.8N 144.5E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 18, 00:00 | 24.2N 143.9E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 18, 06:00 | 24.8N 143.7E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 18, 12:00 | 25.4N 143.8E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 18, 18:00 | 26.2N 144.3E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 19, 00:00 | 27.0N 145.0E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 19, 06:00 | 28.0N 145.8E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Apr 19, 12:00 | 29.0N 147.0E | 1006 mb | Mixed | |
| Apr 19, 18:00 | 30.0N 149.0E | 1006 mb | Mixed |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1968
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern 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
- Tropical Storm HesterWestern 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.