Typhoon Hester path, 1957

What the record says

Hester was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 10 days, from 3 October 1957 to 13 October 1957. Its peak was Category 4 (130 kt) on 8 October 1957, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 130 kt (150 mph, 241 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 900 hPa.

• Category 4peak intensity
• 130 ktpeak wind (150 mph)
• 900 hPalowest pressure
• 10 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (western Pacific).

It has its own page because it reached category 4 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

The record shows no landfall: the storm stayed at sea.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Guam
• Northern Mariana Islands

US counties it came within 50 km of

• Guam, Guam
• Rota Municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.