The unnamed tropical storm of 1968
Sep 10, 1968 to Sep 17, 1968Peak 63 mph997 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1968 passed within 50 miles of 51 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near New Haven County, CT, as a tropical storm on September 11, 1968.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1968
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 63 mph, 55 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 51
- CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, VT
- Counties within 100 miles
- 100
- CT, DE, MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Windsor County | VT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampshire County | MA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | VT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hartford County | CT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Haven County | CT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Litchfield County | CT | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | NH | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | NY | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cheshire County | NH | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Grafton County | NH | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MA | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | NY | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hampden County | MA | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | CT | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Berkshire County | MA | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | CT | 13.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bennington County | VT | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rutland County | VT | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MA | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Westchester County | NY | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Merrimack County | NH | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Queens County | NY | 22.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dutchess County | NY | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | NY | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Kings County | NY | 28.0 | Tropical storm |
| New London County | CT | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bronx County | NY | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rensselaer County | NY | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ocean County | NJ | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | NY | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NY | 34.3 | Tropical storm |
| Belknap County | NH | 34.3 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | CT | 34.4 | Tropical storm |
| New York County | NY | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | MA | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Atlantic County | NJ | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bergen County | NJ | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hudson County | NJ | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Rockland County | NY | 38.9 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NY | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | NJ | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NJ | 44.3 | Tropical storm |
| Burlington County | NJ | 44.3 | Tropical storm |
| Passaic County | NJ | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | NJ | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NY | 46.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ulster County | NY | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cape May County | NJ | 50.0 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | NY | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Saratoga County | NY | 51.2 | Tropical storm |
| Albany County | NY | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NY | 52.2 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NY | 53.1 | Tropical storm |
| Providence County | RI | 54.4 | Tropical storm |
| Morris County | NJ | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Mercer County | NJ | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | NH | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | RI | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | NJ | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Schenectady County | NY | 58.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | RI | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Strafford County | NH | 61.6 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | NJ | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | DE | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NJ | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NJ | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk County | MA | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bucks County | PA | 69.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 69.6 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | MA | 70.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | NY | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hunterdon County | NJ | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NY | 73.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | MA | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | NY | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Schoharie County | NY | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wicomico County | MD | 77.7 | Tropical storm |
| Salem County | NJ | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | RI | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Philadelphia County | PA | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NJ | 79.9 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | MA | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newport County | RI | 80.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | NY | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Delaware County | NY | 82.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | PA | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | PA | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | DE | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Plymouth County | MA | 87.9 | Tropical storm |
| Delaware County | PA | 90.9 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | PA | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | PA | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Otsego County | NY | 97.1 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.