Hurricane Gladys
Oct 13, 1968 to Oct 21, 1968Peak 98 mph977 mb
Hurricane Gladys passed within 50 miles of 35 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Hernando County, FL, as a Category 2 on October 19, 1968.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Gladys · 1968
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 977 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 35
- FL, NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 91
- FL, GA, NC, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Marion County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Citrus County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Flagler County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Hernando County | FL | 1.6 | Category 2 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 1.6 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | FL | 2.1 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | FL | 4.6 | Category 1 |
| Volusia County | FL | 6.7 | Category 1 |
| Lake County | FL | 10.7 | Category 1 |
| Pasco County | FL | 13.5 | Category 2 |
| Levy County | FL | 15.9 | Category 1 |
| Alachua County | FL | 16.3 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 16.6 | Category 1 |
| Dare County | NC | 17.2 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | FL | 17.3 | Category 1 |
| Pinellas County | FL | 18.0 | Category 2 |
| Hyde County | NC | 22.1 | Category 1 |
| Duval County | FL | 23.8 | Category 1 |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 26.4 | Category 2 |
| Bradford County | FL | 28.4 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | FL | 30.8 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 35.2 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | FL | 35.7 | Category 1 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 36.3 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 37.6 | Category 1 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 38.3 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | FL | 42.8 | Category 1 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 43.0 | Category 1 |
| Polk County | FL | 43.1 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | FL | 44.2 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | NC | 44.4 | Category 1 |
| Pender County | NC | 45.3 | Category 1 |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 46.1 | Category 1 |
| Dixie County | FL | 49.5 | Category 2 |
| Baker County | FL | 49.9 | Category 1 |
| Union County | FL | 51.0 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | GA | 52.0 | Category 1 |
| Manatee County | FL | 53.2 | Category 2 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 54.2 | Category 1 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 57.4 | Category 1 |
| Osceola County | FL | 57.7 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 58.0 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 58.4 | Category 1 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 58.6 | Category 1 |
| Horry County | SC | 60.9 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 61.6 | Category 1 |
| Brevard County | FL | 63.3 | Category 1 |
| Duplin County | NC | 64.7 | Category 1 |
| Glynn County | GA | 64.8 | Category 1 |
| Columbus County | NC | 64.9 | Category 1 |
| Sarasota County | FL | 65.0 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 69.2 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 69.9 | Category 1 |
| Berkeley County | SC | 70.3 | Category 1 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 70.9 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | NC | 71.4 | Category 1 |
| Currituck County | NC | 72.1 | Category 1 |
| Bladen County | NC | 73.9 | Category 1 |
| Hardee County | FL | 77.7 | Category 2 |
| Liberty County | GA | 77.8 | Category 1 |
| Taylor County | FL | 77.9 | Category 2 |
| Lenoir County | NC | 78.0 | Category 1 |
| Colleton County | SC | 78.3 | Category 1 |
| Ware County | GA | 78.4 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | SC | 78.6 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | SC | 79.8 | Category 1 |
| Sampson County | NC | 81.1 | Category 1 |
| Pitt County | NC | 81.1 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | NC | 81.2 | Category 1 |
| Chatham County | GA | 82.5 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 84.6 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 84.9 | Category 1 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 85.1 | Category 1 |
| Hamilton County | FL | 85.6 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 85.7 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | SC | 86.5 | Category 1 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 86.9 | Category 1 |
| Clinch County | GA | 87.3 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | NC | 87.4 | Category 1 |
| Brantley County | GA | 87.5 | Category 1 |
| Florence County | SC | 89.5 | Category 1 |
| Chowan County | NC | 91.5 | Category 1 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 92.1 | Category 2 |
| Greene County | NC | 92.3 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | GA | 92.4 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | NC | 92.7 | Category 1 |
| Bertie County | NC | 93.0 | Category 1 |
| Echols County | GA | 94.3 | Category 1 |
| Long County | GA | 96.3 | Category 1 |
| Highlands County | FL | 98.0 | Category 1 |
| Charlotte County | FL | 98.6 | Category 1 |
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.