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Tropical Storm Candy (1968)

Tropical Storm Candy was a tropical storm at its peak, with 69 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 995 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at one of the cities we track; the strongest was Corpus Christi, TX, with a modeled peak gust of 55 mph.

Peak strength69 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
1
LandfallsFirst June 23, 1968
1
Lowest pressure
995 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Tropical Storm Candy’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. June 23, 1968, tropical storm at 69 mph, about 5 miles from Corpus Christi, TX

Modeled winds at cities (1)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Corpus Christi, TX55 mph45 mph6 milesJun 23, 1968, 7:00 PM GMT-5

Best track (20 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Jun 22, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph20.0°N, 95.0°W
Jun 22, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph20.5°N, 95.0°W
Jun 22, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph21.0°N, 95.0°W
Jun 23, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph21.7°N, 95.2°W
Jun 23, 06:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph23.1°N, 95.6°W
Jun 23, 12:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph24.6°N, 96.1°W
Jun 23, 18:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1001 mb26.4°N, 96.6°W
Jun 23, 22:30 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm69 mph995 mb27.8°N, 97.1°W
Jun 24, 00:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph995 mb28.3°N, 97.2°W
Jun 24, 06:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph30.0°N, 97.6°W
Jun 24, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph31.8°N, 97.8°W
Jun 24, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph33.7°N, 96.9°W
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