1968 season

Tropical Storm Candy (1968)

Jun 22, 6:00 AM UTC – Jun 26, 6:00 PM UTC (4.5 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
70 mph (60 kt)
Lowest pressure
995 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Jun 23, 10:30 PM UTC · 27.8°N 97.1°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph · 995 mb
Every track point (20)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1968-06-22 06:00TD20.0°N 95.0°W25—
1968-06-22 12:00TD20.5°N 95.0°W25—
1968-06-22 18:00TD21.0°N 95.0°W25—
1968-06-23 00:00TD21.7°N 95.2°W30—
1968-06-23 06:00TS23.1°N 95.6°W35—
1968-06-23 12:00TS24.6°N 96.1°W40—
1968-06-23 18:00TS26.4°N 96.6°W501001
1968-06-23 22:30TS27.8°N 97.1°W60995Landfall
1968-06-24 00:00TS28.3°N 97.2°W60995
1968-06-24 06:00TS30.0°N 97.6°W40—
1968-06-24 12:00TD31.8°N 97.8°W30—
1968-06-24 18:00TD33.7°N 96.9°W25—
1968-06-25 00:00TD35.7°N 95.5°W25—
1968-06-25 06:00TD38.2°N 93.0°W25—
1968-06-25 12:00TD39.7°N 90.0°W25—
1968-06-25 18:00TD41.0°N 86.8°W25—
1968-06-26 00:00EX41.7°N 82.8°W25—
1968-06-26 06:00EX42.0°N 79.0°W25—
1968-06-26 12:00EX41.3°N 76.0°W25—
1968-06-26 18:00EX40.2°N 74.5°W25—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.