1968–69 Australian region cyclone season

none Inconsistent as to what season this is about February 2021 Aus 1969 1968-1969 Australian cyclone season summary.jpg 22 November 1968 30 April 1969 Audrey-Bonnie 975 60 Amber 977 70 15 13 1 Unknown 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71 1968–69 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 1968–69 South Pacific cyclone season The 1968–69 Australian region cyclone season was an above-average tropical cyclone season, featuring 15 tropical lows, of which 12 of them are named. Amber was the only hurricane-strength tropical cyclone of the season, however, it did not affect any landmasses. It ran from 1 November 1968 to 30 April 1969, with the regional tropical cyclone operational plan defining a "tropical cyclone year" separately from a "tropical cyclone season", with the "tropical cyclone year" for this season lasting from 1 July 1968 to 30 June 1969. __TOC__ Season summary Information about the season, details about some significant storms March 2026 Systems Tropical Cyclone Adele Aus Adele 1968 track.png November 22 November 29 35 998 low On November 22, a tropical depression formed near Papua New Guinea and moved to the southwest. It failed to strengthen until the 27th of November when it briefly reached tropical storm status and was named Adele. The storm then weakened and dissipated the next day. Severe Tropical Cyclone Amber Aus Amber1968.jpg Amber 1968 track.png December 16 December 22 70 977 On December 19, a tropical low developed to the southwest of Jakarta. It further strengthened to a tropical cyclone, earning the name Amber. It briefly reached Category 1-equivalent hurricane before weakening. It was last noted on December 22. Tropical Cyclone Beatie Aus Beatie 1968 track.png December 19 December 24 25 1001 Beatie was a weak tropical cyclone that originated to the south of Java. It moved westward, passing to the south of Christmas Island. It remained weak until it dissipated on December 24. Tropical Cyclone Bettina-Berthe Aus December 26 December 27 (Exited basin) 45 A tropical low to the west of Cocos Islands strengthened to Tropical Cyclone Bettina. However, it exited the basin towards the South-West Indian Ocean basin, early the next day. Tropical Cyclone Cheri Aus Cheri1968.jpg Cheri 1968 track.png December 27 December 30 40 995 Cheri was first noted on December 27 forming to the west of Christmas Island. It briefly strengthened to a Category 1 tropical cyclone before it was last noted dissipating on December 30. Tropical Low Bridget Aus Bridget 1969 track.png January 24 January 26 25 1002 low Another weak cyclone, Bridget was seen developing to the south of Papua New Guinea. It moved to the south before it was last noted to the north of Townsville.24 Tropical cyclones in the northeastern Australian region - 1960/61 season http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/1961/necyclone.pdf Australian Meteorological Magazine 1959 live April 24, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190804155749/http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/1961/necyclone.pdf August 4, 2019 50–75 Tropical Cyclone Colleen Aus Colleen1969.jpg Colleen 1969 track.png January 27 February 5 (Exited basin)(Out of basin on 28 January–4 February) 55 984 A tropical low was noted forming near the Solomon Islands on January 27. It failed to develop and moved into the South Pacific basin, where it was named Colleen before striking New Caledonia.FThPAAAAQBAJ Furious Winds and Parched Islands: Tropical Cyclones (1558–1970) and Droughts (1722–1987) in the Pacific d'Aubert, AnaMaria Nunn, Patrick D 978-1-4691-7008-4 Database 1: Tropical Cyclones (1558  – 1970) March 2012 58–171 It entered the basin again on February 4; however, it wasn't renamed. It reexited the region, the next day, shortly before transitioning to an extratropical cyclone. Tropical Cyclone Gladys Aus Gladys 1969.jpg Gladys 1969 track.png February 15 February 20 50 987 Gladys formed over Western Australia, to the south-southwest of Derby. It moved offshore on the same day and moved to the west before it was last noted dissipating to the north-northwest of Exmouth. Tropical Cyclone Irene Aus Irene 1969 track.png February 21 (Entered basin) February 24 40 990 The weakening Irene from the South Pacific basin entered the region on February 21. The storm weakened as it executed a loop before it was last noted on February 24 to the east of Cairns.http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/nzmsmp148.pdf Tropical Storms and Hurricanes in the Southwest Pacific: November 1939 to May 1969 Kerr, Ian S March 1, 1976 live August 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142735/http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/nzmsmp148.pdf April 13, 2014 23–28 Tropical Cyclone Audrey-Bonnie Aus Bettina 1969.jpg Audrey-Bonnie 1969 track.png March 1 March 9 60 975 A tropical low developed to become Tropical Cyclone Audrey on March 1. However, it made landfall near Maningrida on March 3. It weakened inland as it moved southwestward; however, it regenerated to a tropical cyclone to the northwest of Broome, with the BoM renaming the system Bonnie. It weakened again as it moved further inland, and it was last noted on March 9.Known Tropical Cyclone Impacts in the Gulf of Carpentaria Australian Severe Weather Callaghan, Jeff http://www.australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/impacts-gulf.pdf April 23, 2020 12 August 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20110405102413/http://australiasevereweather.com.au/cyclones/impacts-eastcoast.pdf 5 April 2011 live Tropical Cyclone Leonie Aus Leonie 1969 track.png April 5 April 6 35 995 Leonie developed to the north of Cocos Islands. Moving southward, the cyclone slowly weakened and transitioned to an extratropical storm before it was last noted inland, to the south of Jingalup. Tropical Cyclone Esther Aus Esther 1969 track.png April 25 April 30 (Exited basin) 45 992 The last named tropical cyclone of the season, Esther formed to the east of Port Moresby on April 25. The system then performed a loop before exiting the basin on April 30. Formed east of Papua New Guinea, executed a loop, and moved eastward into the South Pacific basin. Other systems A tropical depression formed on December 16 and later moved into the neighboring South-West Indian Ocean, becoming Cyclone Amber. Tropical Cyclone Enid formed on the extreme western portion of the basin on an unknown date; it later moved on the South-West Indian Ocean basin and was renamed Fanny. There were two storms in April that exited off the northeast coast of Australia. The first one developed on April 8 to the southwest of Honiara, Solomon Islands. It moved to the northwest, then turned to the southwest, before it was last noted on April 15, midway between Queensland and New Caledonia. The second one formed on April 11 near the island nation and was last seen to the south-southwest of Brisbane on April 16. Season effects 1968 1969 Aus Adele No No 22 November 1968 29 November 1968 1 1 35 998 None None 0 Amber No No 16 December 1968 22 December 1968 1 3 70 977 None None 0 Beatie No No 19 December 1968 24 December 1968 1 1 35 1001 Christmas Island None 0 Bettina No No 26 December 1968 27 December 1968 1 1 40 Not specified None None 0 Cheri No No 27 December 1968 30 December 1968 1 1 45 995 None None 0 Bridget No No 24 January 1969 26 January 1969 1 1 35 1002 Queensland None 0 Colleen No No 27 January 1969 5 February 1969 1 2 55 984 Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand Unknown Unknown Enid No No 5 February 1969 6 February 1969 1 1 35 984 None None None Gladys No No 15 February 1969 20 February 1969 1 2 50 987 Western Australia Unknown Unknown Irene No No 21 February 1969 24 February 1969 1 1 40 990 None None None Audrey-Bonnie No No 1 March 1969 9 March 1969 1 2 60 975 Western Australia, Northern Territory Unknown Unknown Leonie No No 5 April 1969 6 April 1969 1 1 40 995 Western Australia Unknown Unknown Unspecified No No 8 April 1969 15 April 1969 1 TL 25 Unspecified None None None Unspecified No No 11 April 1969 16 April 1969 1 TL 25 Unspecified None None None Esther No No 25 April 1969 30 April 1969 1 1 35 996 Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea None None 15 No 22 November 1968 30 April 1969 70 975 Unknown Unknown See also Tropical cyclones Australian region tropical cyclone List of Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1968, 1969 Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1968, 1969 Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1968, 1969 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1968, 1969 1968–69 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 1968–69 South Pacific cyclone season References 1960 Australian region cyclone yes 1968 y Category:Australian region cyclone seasons Cyclones Cyclones Cyclones |Cyclones