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NHC CP011957 · Eastern Pacific basin

Hurricane Della (1957)

September 1, 1957 – September 12, 1957

Hurricane Della peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 38 US cities, 38 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
38
At hurricane strength
38

when closest

States
1

Cities Della passed near, strongest first

Hawaii (38)

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.