Storm history › West Pacific › 1957 season
Typhoon Hester (1957)
Hester was a Category 4 typhoon of the 1957 West Pacific season. It was tracked from October 3, 1957 to October 13, 1957, about 10 days, and covered 4,512 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 900 mb.
- Peak wind
- 150 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 900 mb
- Strongest
- Category 4 typhoon
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 4,512 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 16.4
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 259th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Yinxing (2024), Typhoon Usagi (2024), Typhoon Doksuri (2023) and 68 more.
- Lowest pressure: 60th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Typhoon Zeb (1998), Typhoon Holly (1987), Typhoon Peggy (1986) and 17 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 1957 West Pacific season's ACE.