1968 season

Tropical Storm Frances (1968)

Sep 23, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 29, 6:00 PM UTC (6.3 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
1001 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (26)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1968-09-23 12:00SD26.4°N 73.5°W25—
1968-09-23 18:00SD27.2°N 73.7°W25—
1968-09-24 00:00SD27.9°N 73.9°W25—
1968-09-24 06:00SD28.4°N 74.1°W25—
1968-09-24 12:00SD28.8°N 74.2°W30—
1968-09-24 18:00SD29.4°N 74.1°W301012
1968-09-25 00:00SD30.1°N 73.5°W30—
1968-09-25 06:00SD30.7°N 72.6°W30—
1968-09-25 12:00SD31.3°N 71.7°W301012
1968-09-25 18:00SD31.9°N 70.8°W30—
1968-09-26 00:00SD32.5°N 70.0°W30—
1968-09-26 06:00SD33.0°N 69.4°W30—
1968-09-26 12:00TS33.4°N 68.8°W35—
1968-09-26 18:00TS33.7°N 68.2°W401003
1968-09-27 00:00TS33.9°N 67.7°W40—
1968-09-27 06:00TS34.1°N 67.1°W45—
1968-09-27 12:00TS34.3°N 66.2°W50—
1968-09-27 18:00TS34.5°N 65.3°W501001
1968-09-28 00:00TS34.7°N 63.7°W50—
1968-09-28 06:00TS34.9°N 61.9°W45—
1968-09-28 12:00TS35.1°N 59.8°W45—
1968-09-28 18:00TS35.4°N 57.8°W451003
1968-09-29 00:00TS35.7°N 55.7°W40—
1968-09-29 06:00TS36.0°N 53.5°W401004
1968-09-29 12:00EX35.8°N 50.7°W35—
1968-09-29 18:00EX35.5°N 48.1°W35—

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.