NHC AL141968 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Gladys (1968)
October 13, 1968 – October 21, 1968
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Gladys peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 272 US cities, 272 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Gladys in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Gladys from October 13, 1968 to October 21, 1968; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 19 at 98 mph (Category 2), 10 miles from Homosassa, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 272 US cities, in 4 states, most in Florida (200) and North Carolina (54). The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 18 miles from Spring Hill, FL; the centre came closest to Homosassa, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 272
- At hurricane strength
- 272
- States
- 4
98 mph
when closest
Cities Gladys passed near, strongest first
Florida (200)
- Spring HillCategory 2 · 18 mi
- HudsonCategory 2 · 18 mi
- Port RicheyCategory 2 · 18 mi
- New Port RicheyCategory 2 · 21 mi
- HolidayCategory 2 · 21 mi
- TrinityCategory 2 · 24 mi
- Tarpon SpringsCategory 2 · 26 mi
- Palm HarborCategory 2 · 27 mi
- DunedinCategory 2 · 27 mi
- Land O LakesCategory 2 · 30 mi
- OdessaCategory 2 · 30 mi
- OldsmarCategory 2 · 31 mi
- ClearwaterCategory 2 · 32 mi
- Safety HarborCategory 2 · 32 mi
- LutzCategory 2 · 37 mi
- Wesley ChapelCategory 2 · 39 mi
- Pinellas ParkCategory 2 · 39 mi
- TampaCategory 2 · 41 mi
- Temple TerraceCategory 2 · 45 mi
- ThonotosassaCategory 2 · 47 mi
- RiverviewCategory 2 · 49 mi
- SeffnerCategory 2 · 51 mi
- BrandonCategory 2 · 54 mi
- GibsontonCategory 2 · 54 mi
- DoverCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Apollo BeachCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Plant CityCategory 2 · 57 mi
- RuskinCategory 2 · 57 mi
- ValricoCategory 2 · 58 mi
- Sun City CenterCategory 2 · 61 mi
- WimaumaCategory 2 · 63 mi
- ParrishCategory 2 · 66 mi
- LithiaCategory 2 · 67 mi
- MulberryCategory 2 · 70 mi
- Indian ShoresCategory 2 · 31 mi
- LargoCategory 2 · 34 mi
- SeminoleCategory 2 · 35 mi
- St Pete BeachCategory 2 · 43 mi
- St PetersburgCategory 2 · 43 mi
- South PasadenaCategory 2 · 43 mi
- PalmettoCategory 2 · 60 mi
- EllentonCategory 2 · 64 mi
- BradentonCategory 2 · 65 mi
- University ParkCategory 2 · 72 mi
- Lakewood RanchCategory 2 · 73 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 2 · 57 mi
- Longboat KeyCategory 2 · 65 mi
- SarasotaCategory 2 · 75 mi
- Weeki WacheeCategory 1 · 9 mi
- BrooksvilleCategory 1 · 18 mi
- San AntonioCategory 1 · 34 mi
- HomosassaCategory 1 · overhead
- Crystal RiverCategory 1 · 10 mi
- ZephyrhillsCategory 1 · 43 mi
- LecantoCategory 1 · 2 mi
- InglisCategory 1 · 21 mi
- WebsterCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Dade CityCategory 1 · 34 mi
- Polk CityCategory 1 · 60 mi
- LakelandCategory 1 · 62 mi
and 140 more
North Carolina (54)
- Atlantic BeachCategory 1 · 29 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 1 · 29 mi
- Emerald IsleCategory 1 · 34 mi
- NewportCategory 1 · 36 mi
- SwansboroCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Kure BeachCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 1 · 41 mi
- HavelockCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 1 · 44 mi
- HubertCategory 1 · 44 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 1 · 44 mi
- SouthportCategory 1 · 45 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 1 · 45 mi
- Wrightsville BeachCategory 1 · 46 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 1 · 47 mi
- Holly RidgeCategory 1 · 48 mi
- HampsteadCategory 1 · 49 mi
- WilmingtonCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Midway ParkCategory 1 · 50 mi
- WinnabowCategory 1 · 51 mi
- BoliviaCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Tarawa TerraceCategory 1 · 53 mi
- MaysvilleCategory 1 · 53 mi
- SupplyCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Castle HayneCategory 1 · 56 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 1 · 56 mi
- LelandCategory 1 · 58 mi
- ShallotteCategory 1 · 58 mi
- Ocean Isle BeachCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Sunset BeachCategory 1 · 60 mi
- New BernCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Rocky PointCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Maple HillCategory 1 · 61 mi
- CalabashCategory 1 · 63 mi
- BurgawCategory 1 · 67 mi
- AshCategory 1 · 67 mi
- RichlandsCategory 1 · 68 mi
- DelcoCategory 1 · 68 mi
- CurrieCategory 1 · 69 mi
- TrentonCategory 1 · 70 mi
- RiegelwoodCategory 1 · 73 mi
- Cove CityCategory 1 · 74 mi
- BoltonCategory 1 · 75 mi
- BeaufortCategory 1 · 28 mi
- OrientalCategory 1 · 44 mi
- GrantsboroCategory 1 · 53 mi
- BayboroCategory 1 · 53 mi
- AuroraCategory 1 · 62 mi
- VanceboroCategory 1 · 74 mi
- BelhavenCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Nags HeadCategory 1 · 57 mi
- ManteoCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Kill Devil HillsCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Kitty HawkCategory 1 · 72 mi
South Carolina (13)
- North Myrtle BeachCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Little RiverCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Pawleys IslandCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Murrells InletCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Isle Of PalmsCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Surfside BeachCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Sullivans IslandCategory 1 · 69 mi
- AwendawCategory 1 · 70 mi
- Myrtle BeachCategory 1 · 70 mi
- LongsCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Mount PleasantCategory 1 · 72 mi
- GeorgetownCategory 1 · 72 mi
Georgia (5)
- St Simons IslandCategory 1 · 70 mi
- Saint GeorgeCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Saint MarysCategory 1 · 60 mi
- KingslandCategory 1 · 66 mi
- WoodbineCategory 1 · 72 mi
Other storms of the 1968 season
- AbbyCategory 1 · 315 cities
- BrendaCategory 1 · 151 cities
- CandyTropical storm · 161 cities
- DollyCategory 1 · 102 cities
- Unnamed (AL161968)Tropical storm · 1,369 cities
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.