Tropical Storm Candy
Jun 22, 1968 to Jun 26, 1968Peak 69 mph995 mb
Tropical Storm Candy passed within 50 miles of 42 counties in TX. It was strongest near Refugio County, TX, as a tropical storm on June 24, 1968.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Candy · 1968
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 42
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 67
- TX
- 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.
| Refugio County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Williamson County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Travis County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bell County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gonzales County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeWitt County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Goliad County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Victoria County | TX | 1.7 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| San Patricio County | TX | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bastrop County | TX | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hays County | TX | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Guadalupe County | TX | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Burnet County | TX | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kleberg County | TX | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bee County | TX | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Karnes County | TX | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TX | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lavaca County | TX | 14.1 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | TX | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | TX | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Milam County | TX | 23.4 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TX | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Comal County | TX | 27.8 | Tropical storm |
| Blanco County | TX | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 36.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | TX | 37.6 | Tropical storm |
| Live Oak County | TX | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Colorado County | TX | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bexar County | TX | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 40.2 | Tropical storm |
| Llano County | TX | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Burleson County | TX | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| San Saba County | TX | 42.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Atascosa County | TX | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kendall County | TX | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | TX | 49.4 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 50.4 | Tropical storm |
| Robertson County | TX | 53.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gillespie County | TX | 55.5 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 58.7 | Tropical storm |
| McMullen County | TX | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brazos County | TX | 63.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | TX | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | TX | 65.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bandera County | TX | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mason County | TX | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Medina County | TX | 75.4 | Tropical storm |
| Kerr County | TX | 77.6 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Frio County | TX | 84.1 | Tropical storm |
| Waller County | TX | 84.7 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | TX | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Grimes County | TX | 87.9 | Tropical storm |
| La Salle County | TX | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 91.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Hogg County | TX | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Starr County | TX | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Kimble County | TX | 97.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 98.7 | Tropical storm |
| Webb County | TX | 99.1 | 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.