Hurricane History Map

1968 South Pacific and Australian region season

13 storms formed in the South Pacific and Australian region basin in 1968, from 9 November 1967 to 10 April 1968.

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Years1968
Ocean basin

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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

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The 1968 season in numbers

The record holds 13 storms for the 1968 South Pacific and Australian region season, of which 6 had names.1 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 1 reached cyclone strength (category 1 or more) and 0 were major (category 3 or more). 10 have no wind speed in the record.

  • 13storms
  • 1tropical storm strength or more
  • 1cyclone strength or more
  • 0major (category 3 to 5)
  • 5accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 1968

  • Gisele:giselle (1968)3 April 1968 to 10 April 1968, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 965 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of February 1968 (South Pacific and Australian region)2 February 1968 to 5 February 1968, peak Tropical depression (20 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of February 1968 (South Pacific and Australian region)25 February 1968 to 28 February 1968, peak Tropical depression (20 kt)

All 13 storms of 1968

StormPeak
Annie Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Brenda Unknown intensity
Dixie Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Unnamed storm Unknown intensity
Bertha:bonnie Unknown intensity
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Florence Unknown intensity
Gisele:giselle Category 1

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