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NHC AL031968 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Candy (1968)

June 22, 1968 – June 26, 1968

Tropical Storm Candy peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 161 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
161
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Candy passed near, strongest first

Texas (161)

and 101 more

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.