NHC EP011957 · Eastern Pacific basin
Hurricane Kanoa (1957)
July 15, 1957 – July 26, 1957
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Kanoa peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 5 US cities, 5 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Kanoa in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Kanoa from July 15, 1957 to July 26, 1957; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 5 US cities, all in Hawaii. The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 62 miles from Pahoa, HI.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 5
- At hurricane strength
- 5
- States
- 1
86 mph
when closest
Cities Kanoa passed near, strongest first
Hawaii (5)
- PahoaCategory 1 · 62 mi
- KeaauCategory 1 · 66 mi
- KurtistownCategory 1 · 69 mi
- HiloCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Mountain ViewCategory 1 · 74 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.