[Quick Archive Overview]Typhoon Bess (No.196810, a historical number used before 1981) was a 1968 Northwest Pacific typhoon. Its peak intensity was Typhoon, with maximum winds of 40m/s and a minimum central pressure of 965hPa. It did not make landfall in China and was decommissioned on 1968-09-11, with 49 track points recorded throughout its lifetime.
Code explanation: The unified international numbering system for the Northwest Pacific has been assigned by JMA, the Tokyo Regional Professional Meteorological Centre, since 1981. This system did not exist in 1968. The 196810 number is a historical number retained by the CMA, and JMA, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in the USA, and China’s meteorological authorities may have assigned different numbers to the same typhoon that year, so these numbers cannot be directly compared.
Track data sources: China Meteorological Administration Tropical Cyclone Best Track Dataset (CMA-STI); wind speeds are 2-minute sustained wind speeds.
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Overview of Typhoon Bess
Typhoon Bess at 1968-08-30 02:00 at 23.2°N, 119.7°E over the Northwest Pacific; initial intensity: Tropical Depression.
It peaked at Typhoon intensity with max winds of 40 m/s (~144 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 965hPa, recorded at 1968-09-04 14:00.
After 1968-09-11 02:00, Typhoon Bess gradually weakened and was numbered off at 1968-09-11 02:00. Its lifecycle included 49 recorded track points.
Typhoon Bess routes
| Time | Position | Intensity | Wind · Pressure | Move toward |
|---|
| 08-30 02:00 | 23.2°N
119.7°E | Tropical Depression | - m/s
999 hPa | - |
| 08-30 20:00 | 20.8°N
119.2°E | Tropical Depression | 15 m/s
998 hPa | SW |
| 08-31 14:00 | 19.8°N
117.2°E | Tropical Storm | 20 m/s
995 hPa | W |
| 09-01 08:00 | 19.6°N
115.8°E | Tropical Storm | 20 m/s
990 hPa | W |
| 09-02 02:00 | 19.7°N
114.4°E | Severe Tropical Storm | 25 m/s
985 hPa | WSW |
| 09-02 20:00 | 19.6°N
113.6°E | Severe Tropical Storm | 25 m/s
984 hPa | W |
| 09-03 14:00 | 19.2°N
112.2°E | Severe Tropical Storm | 30 m/s
981 hPa | SW |
| 09-04 08:00 | 17.9°N
111°E | Typhoon | 35 m/s
975 hPa | WSW |
| 09-05 02:00 | 17.1°N
109.3°E | Typhoon | 40 m/s
966 hPa | SW |
| 09-05 20:00 | 16.5°N
108°E | Severe Tropical Storm | 30 m/s
975 hPa | WSW |
| 09-06 14:00 | 16.5°N
108.9°E | Tropical Depression | 15 m/s
990 hPa | ENE |
| 09-07 08:00 | 17.7°N
109.7°E | Tropical Depression | 10 m/s
995 hPa | NE |
| 09-08 02:00 | 17.3°N
111.2°E | Tropical Depression | 10 m/s
995 hPa | ESE |
| 09-08 20:00 | 16.9°N
113.2°E | Tropical Depression | 10 m/s
998 hPa | ESE |
| 09-09 14:00 | 18.5°N
113.5°E | Tropical Depression | 10 m/s
998 hPa | NW |
| 09-10 08:00 | 19.2°N
111.1°E | Tropical Depression | 10 m/s
1000 hPa | WNW |
| 09-11 02:00 | 19.2°N
106.2°E | Tropical Depression | - m/s
1000 hPa | WSW |
Sampled rows shown; all 49 track points are available on the interactive map or via the public API .
FAQ
Typhoon Bess is the 1968 Typhoon.
Bess’s 196810 is the historical number retained by the CMA, meaning the 10th typhoon of 1968, while its international name was BESS. The unified international numbering system for the Northwest Pacific did not begin until 1981. Before then, agencies such as JMA, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in the USA, and China’s meteorological authorities used different numbers for the same typhoon, so these numbers cannot be directly compared.
Where does the track data for Typhoon Bess come from?
Track data sources: China Meteorological Administration Tropical Cyclone Best Track Dataset (CMA-STI); wind speeds are 2-minute sustained wind speeds.
What is the highest level of Typhoon Bess?
Typhoon Bess peak intensity is Typhoon , max wind 40m/s, minimum central pressure 965 hPa.
The Typhoon BessLandfall.
According to records, Typhoon Bess is not in our coastal landfall.
Where can I view typhoon Bess's live track map?
TyphoonSays (taifengshuo.com) provides typhoon Bess's Track history map, multinational meteorological agency Forecast comparison, wind range with IntensityTrend, page address: https://taifengshuo.com/typhoon/196810.
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