Typhoon Lola (1968)
Typhoon Lola reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between November 5, 1968 and November 14, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Lola, 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
- November 5, 1968 to November 14, 1968
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 754 km (469 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.7
- Identifier
- WP241968
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 8.1N 165.0E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 8.3N 164.3E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 8.6N 163.6E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 8.9N 162.9E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 9.4N 162.1E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 9.9N 161.0E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 10.3N 160.0E | 1008 mb | Mixed | |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 10.7N 158.4E | 1006 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 11.1N 156.9E | 1004 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 11.4N 155.3E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 12.1N 153.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 12.6N 153.0E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 13.2N 152.5E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 13.7N 152.0E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 14.3N 151.6E | 50 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 14.8N 151.1E | 55 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 15.3N 150.5E | 65 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 15.9N 150.0E | 75 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 16.5N 149.3E | 90 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 17.2N 148.6E | 105 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 18.2N 147.8E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 19.2N 146.8E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 20.1N 146.0E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 21.2N 145.5E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 22.2N 145.5E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 23.5N 145.8E | 85 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 25.3N 146.6E | 75 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 27.6N 148.7E | 65 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 29.5N 152.3E | 50 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 31.5N 156.4E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 32.0N 160.0E | 35 kt | 988 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 33.0N 164.0E | 30 kt | 982 mb | Mixed |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 43.7N 173.5E | 976 mb | Extratropical | |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 45.3N 176.8E | 970 mb | Extratropical | |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 47.0N 180.0E | 956 mb | Extratropical | |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 48.7N 182.6E | Extratropical |
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
- Tropical Storm HesterWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1968
- Typhoon KitWestern 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.