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NHC AL061957 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Esther (1957)

September 16, 1957 – September 19, 1957

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Esther peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 178 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Esther in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Esther from September 16, 1957 to September 19, 1957; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 18 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 21 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 178 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (122). The strongest pass was 62 mph (tropical storm) 15 miles from Chauvin, LA; the centre came closest to Maurepas, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
178
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Esther passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (122)

and 62 more

Mississippi (56)

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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.