The 1968 season

Typhoon Nina (1968)

Typhoon Nina reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between November 15, 1968 and November 29, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Nina, 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
Western Pacific
Dates
November 15, 1968 to November 29, 1968
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
960 mb (28.35 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.9
Identifier
WP261968

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
Nov 15, 06:006.8N 168.3E1006 mbMixed
Nov 15, 12:007.4N 167.2E1008 mbMixed
Nov 15, 18:008.4N 166.3E1006 mbMixed
Nov 16, 00:009.0N 165.0E1008 mbMixed
Nov 16, 06:009.4N 163.1E1006 mbMixed
Nov 16, 12:009.7N 161.1E1008 mbMixed
Nov 16, 18:009.9N 159.0E1008 mbMixed
Nov 17, 00:0010.0N 157.0E1008 mbMixed
Nov 17, 06:0010.3N 155.4E1008 mbMixed
Nov 17, 12:0010.5N 153.7E1008 mbMixed
Nov 17, 18:0010.8N 151.8E1004 mbMixed
Nov 18, 00:0011.1N 150.0E1006 mbMixed
Nov 18, 06:0011.4N 148.6E1004 mbMixed
Nov 18, 12:0012.2N 146.2E25 kt1006 mbMixed
Nov 18, 18:0012.4N 145.4E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Nov 19, 00:0012.6N 144.6E25 kt1004 mbMixed
Nov 19, 06:0013.2N 143.7E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0013.6N 142.6E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0013.6N 141.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0013.4N 140.7E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0013.2N 139.6E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0013.1N 138.3E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0013.0N 137.1E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0013.0N 135.8E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0013.0N 134.5E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0012.8N 133.2E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0012.6N 132.0E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0012.9N 130.9E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0013.1N 130.0E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0013.2N 129.6E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0012.9N 128.3E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0012.4N 127.4E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0011.8N 126.5E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0011.5N 125.6E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0011.4N 124.7E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0011.0N 123.9E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0010.6N 123.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0010.4N 122.2E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:009.9N 121.1E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:009.7N 120.1E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:009.5N 118.9E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:009.2N 117.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 25, 18:009.0N 116.5E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:008.9N 115.2E60 kt970 mbXX
Nov 26, 06:008.9N 113.9E65 kt965 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 12:009.2N 112.6E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 18:009.5N 111.5E60 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 00:009.6N 110.6E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 06:009.5N 110.1E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 12:009.5N 109.6E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 18:009.5N 109.0E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 00:009.4N 108.4E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 06:008.5N 107.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 12:008.0N 105.5E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 18:008.0N 104.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 00:008.0N 102.5E1006 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific 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.