NHC CP011957 · Central Pacific basin
Hurricane Della (1957)
September 1, 1957 – September 12, 1957
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Della peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2 US cities, 2 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Della in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Della from September 1, 1957 to September 12, 1957; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2 US cities, all in Hawaii. The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 26 miles from Pearl Harbor, HI.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 2
- At hurricane strength
- 2
- States
- 1
127 mph
when closest
Cities Della passed near, strongest first
Hawaii (2)
- Pearl HarborCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Schofield BarracksCategory 1 · 26 mi
Other storms of the 1957 season
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.