Tropical Storm Trix (1968)
Tropical Storm Trix peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between August 22, 1968 and September 2, 1968, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Trix, 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
- August 22, 1968 to September 2, 1968
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.7
- Identifier
- WP101968
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 20.0N 138.3E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 21.7N 137.1E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 22.3N 136.2E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 22.9N 135.3E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 23.3N 134.3E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 23.7N 133.2E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 24.3N 131.9E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 24.5N 130.8E | 30 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 24.5N 129.8E | 30 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 24.2N 128.9E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 23.4N 128.6E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 22.8N 129.4E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 23.4N 130.2E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 24.4N 130.2E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 24.9N 129.4E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 24.6N 128.7E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 24.7N 129.4E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 25.4N 129.3E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 25.1N 129.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 25.4N 129.5E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 25.9N 129.3E | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 26.9N 129.2E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 27.1N 129.6E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 27.8N 129.6E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 28.5N 129.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 29.4N 129.0E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 30.4N 129.3E | 35 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 31.4N 130.2E | 35 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 32.8N 131.6E | 30 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 34.4N 134.2E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 37.2N 139.1E | 990 mb | Mixed | |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 41.4N 143.4E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 44.9N 147.0E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 46.9N 149.0E | 982 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 48.4N 151.0E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 49.0N 154.0E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 49.4N 158.5E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 50.4N 161.5E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 51.0N 164.0E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 51.4N 166.5E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 51.0N 169.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 49.7N 171.7E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 48.6N 173.7E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 47.6N 175.6E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 46.0N 178.0E | 1006 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 44.0N 180.5E | 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 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.