1968–69 Australian region cyclone season

{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Adele 1968 track.png

|Formed=November 22

|Dissipated=November 29

|1-min winds=35

|Pressure=998

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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.{{clear}}

{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Amber1968.jpg

|Formed=December 16

|Dissipated=December 22

|1-min winds=70

|Pressure=977

|Track=Amber 1968 track.png}}

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.

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Beatie 1968 track.png

|Formed=December 19

|Dissipated=December 24

|1-min winds=25

|Pressure=1001

}}

Beati 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.

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

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|Formed=December 26

|Dissipated=December 27 (Exited basin)

|1-min winds=45

|Pressure=

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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.

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Cheri1968.jpg

|Track=Cheri 1968 track.png

|Formed=December 27

|Dissipated=December 30

|1-min winds=40

|Pressure=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.

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Bridget 1969 track.png

|Formed=January 24

|Dissipated=January 26

|1-min winds=25

|Pressure=1002

}}

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.{{cite journal|volume=24|title=Tropical cyclones in the northeastern Australian region - 1960/61 season|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/1961/necyclone.pdf|journal=Australian Meteorological Magazine|year=1959 |url-status=live |access-date=April 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804155749/http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/1961/necyclone.pdf|archive-date=August 4, 2019|pages=50–75}}

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Colleen1969.jpg

|Formed=January 27

|Dissipated=February 5 (Exited basin)
(Out of basin on 28 January–4 February)

|1-min winds=55

|Pressure=984

|Track=Colleen 1969 track.png}}

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.{{Cite book|url={{Google Books URL|id=FThPAAAAQBAJ}}|title=Furious Winds and Parched Islands: Tropical Cyclones (1558–1970) and Droughts (1722–1987) in the Pacific |author1=d'Aubert, AnaMaria |author2=Nunn, Patrick D |isbn=978-1-4691-7008-4|chapter=Database 1: Tropical Cyclones (1558  – 1970)|date=March 2012 |pages=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.

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Gladys 1969.jpg

|Track=Gladys 1969 track.png

|Formed=February 15

|Dissipated=February 20

|1-min winds=50

|Pressure=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.

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Irene 1969 track.png

|Formed=February 21 (Entered basin)

|Dissipated=February 24

|1-min winds=40

|Pressure=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.{{cite report|url=http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/nzmsmp148.pdf |title=Tropical Storms and Hurricanes in the Southwest Pacific: November 1939 to May 1969 |author=Kerr, Ian S |date=March 1, 1976 |url-status=live |access-date=August 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142735/http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/nzmsmp148.pdf |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |pages=23–28 }}

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Bettina 1969.jpg

|Track=Audrey-Bonnie 1969 track.png

|Formed=March 1

|Dissipated=March 9

|1-min winds=60

|Pressure=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.{{cite report|title=Known Tropical Cyclone Impacts in the Gulf of Carpentaria|website=Australian Severe Weather |author=Callaghan, Jeff |url=http://www.australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/impacts-gulf.pdf|access-date=April 23, 2020|date=12 August 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405102413/http://australiasevereweather.com.au/cyclones/impacts-eastcoast.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2011 |url-status=live}}

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Leonie 1969 track.png

|Formed=April 5

|Dissipated=April 6

|1-min winds=35

|Pressure=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.

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{{Infobox tropical cyclone small

|Basin=Aus

|Image=Esther 1969 track.png

|Formed=April 25

|Dissipated=April 30 (Exited basin)

|1-min winds=45

|Pressure=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.

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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.

{{Australian cyclone season effects (top)|Season start year=1968|Season end year=1969|Basin=Aus}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Adele|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=22|Formation month=November|Formation year=1968|Dissipation day=29|Dissipation month=November|Dissipation year=1968|Date tiebreak=1|Category=1|Winds=35|Pressure=998|Areas=None|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=0|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Amber|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=16|Formation month=December|Formation year=1968|Dissipation day=22|Dissipation month=December|Dissipation year=1968|Date tiebreak=1|Category=3|Winds=70|Pressure=977|Areas=None|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=0|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Beatie|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=19|Formation month=December|Formation year=1968|Dissipation day=24|Dissipation month=December|Dissipation year=1968|Date tiebreak=1|Category=1|Winds=35|Pressure=1001|Areas=Christmas Island|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=0|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Bettina|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=26|Formation month=December|Formation year=1968|Dissipation day=27|Dissipation month=December|Dissipation year=1968|Date tiebreak=1|Category=1|Winds=40|Pressure=Not specified|Areas=None|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=0|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Cheri|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=27|Formation month=December|Formation year=1968|Dissipation day=30|Dissipation month=December|Dissipation year=1968|Date tiebreak=1|Category=1|Winds=45|Pressure=995|Areas=None|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=0|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Bridget|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=24|Formation month=January|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=26|Dissipation month=January|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=1|Winds=35|Pressure=1002|Areas=Queensland|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=0|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Colleen|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=27|Formation month=January|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=5|Dissipation month=February|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=2|Winds=55|Pressure=984|Areas=Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand|Damage prefix=|Damage=Unknown|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=Unknown|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Enid|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=5|Formation month=February|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=6|Dissipation month=February|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=1|Winds=35|Pressure=984|Areas=None|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=None|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Gladys|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=15|Formation month=February|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=20|Dissipation month=February|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=2|Winds=50|Pressure=987|Areas=Western Australia|Damage prefix=|Damage=Unknown|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=Unknown|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Irene|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=21|Formation month=February|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=24|Dissipation month=February|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=1|Winds=40|Pressure=990|Areas=None|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=None|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Audrey-Bonnie|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=1|Formation month=March|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=9|Dissipation month=March|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=2|Winds=60|Pressure=975|Areas=Western Australia, Northern Territory|Damage prefix=|Damage=Unknown|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=Unknown|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Leonie|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=5|Formation month=April|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=6|Dissipation month=April|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=1|Winds=40|Pressure=995|Areas=Western Australia|Damage prefix=|Damage=Unknown|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=Unknown|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Unspecified|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=8|Formation month=April|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=15|Dissipation month=April|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=TL|Winds=25|Pressure=Unspecified|Areas=None|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=None|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Unspecified|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=11|Formation month=April|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=16|Dissipation month=April|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=TL|Winds=25|Pressure=Unspecified|Areas=None|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=None|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (cyclone)|Name=Esther|System active=No|Single-day system=No|Formation day=25|Formation month=April|Formation year=1969|Dissipation day=30|Dissipation month=April|Dissipation year=1969|Date tiebreak=1|Category=1|Winds=35|Pressure=996|Areas=Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea|Damage prefix=|Damage=None|Deaths prefix=|Deaths=None|References=}}

{{Australian cyclone season effects (bottom)|Systems=15|Season ongoing=No|Start day=22|Start month=November|Start year=1968|End day=30|End month=April|End year=1969|Highest winds=70|Lowest pressure=975|Areas=|Damage prefix=|Total damage=Unknown|Deaths prefix=|Total deaths=Unknown}}

{{portal|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

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