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NHC AL161968 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1968

September 10, 1968 – September 17, 1968

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1968 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,369 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1968 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1968 (AL161968) from September 10, 1968 to September 17, 1968; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 11 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Babylon, NY. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,369 US cities, in 12 states, most in New York (418) and New Jersey (358). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Bay Shore, NY.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,369
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
12
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Cities Unnamed 1968 storm passed near, strongest first

New York (418)

and 358 more

New Jersey (358)

and 298 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Rhode Island (29)

Massachusetts (160)

and 100 more

Pennsylvania (4)

New Hampshire (121)

and 61 more

Vermont (75)

and 15 more

Maine (6)

Delaware (8)

Maryland (3)

Virginia (1)

Other storms of the 1968 season

  • AbbyCategory 1 · 315 cities
  • BrendaCategory 1 · 151 cities
  • CandyTropical storm · 161 cities
  • DollyCategory 1 · 102 cities
  • GladysCategory 2 · 272 cities

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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.