Storm history › West Pacific › 1968 season
Typhoon Kit (1968)
Kit was a Category 1 typhoon of the 1968 West Pacific season. It was tracked from October 26, 1968 to November 6, 1968, about 11 days, and covered 4,599 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 960 mb.
- Peak wind
- 80 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 typhoon
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 4,599 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 5.4
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1149th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Dujuan (2026), Typhoon Co-May (2025), Typhoon Maria (2024) and 74 more.
- Lowest pressure: 728th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Typhoon Prapiroon (2018), Typhoon Doksuri (2017), Tropical Storm Man-Yi (2013) and 65 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1968 West Pacific season's ACE.