Storm history › Atlantic › 1968 season
Tropical Storm Frances (1968)
Frances was a tropical storm of the 1968 Atlantic season. It was tracked from September 23, 1968 to September 29, 1968, about 6 days, and covered 1,827 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 1001 mb.
- Peak wind
- 60 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 6 days
- Track length
- 1,827 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1247th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Bertha (2026), Tropical Storm Edouard (2026), Tropical Storm Chantal (2025) and 84 more.
- Lowest pressure: 991st lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Joyce (2024), Tropical Storm Rene (2020), Tropical Storm Vicky (2020) and 19 more.
- Energy: 5% of the 1968 Atlantic season's ACE.