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NHC AL061957 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Esther (1957)

September 16, 1957 – September 19, 1957

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.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
178
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Esther passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (122)

and 62 more

Mississippi (56)

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.