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WESTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1957 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 27 storms · 3 Jan 1957–23 Nov 1957

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1957 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 27 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESCANADAMEXICOAFRICAEUROPECHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalUnnamed: 3 Jan–7 Jan, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormRose: 21 Jan–30 Jan, peak 135 kt, Category 4Shirley: 11 Apr–18 Apr, peak 100 kt, Category 3Trix: 2 May–16 May, peak 120 kt, Category 4Virginia: 18 Jun–28 Jun, peak 150 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 29 Jun–30 Jun, no US-agency windUnnamed: 2 Jul–5 Jul, no US-agency windWendy: 10 Jul–18 Jul, peak 90 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 1 Aug–2 Aug, no US-agency windAgnes: 10 Aug–22 Aug, peak 135 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 16 Aug–20 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 22 Aug–23 Aug, no US-agency windUnnamed: 29 Aug–29 Aug, no US-agency windUnnamed: 25 Aug–26 Aug, no US-agency windBess: 27 Aug–7 Sep, peak 100 kt, Category 3Carmen: 8 Sep–16 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Della: 9 Sep–16 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Elaine: 14 Sep–18 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Gloria: 18 Sep–24 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Faye: 17 Sep–27 Sep, peak 140 kt, Category 5Hester: 3 Oct–10 Oct, peak 130 kt, Category 4Irma: 8 Oct–13 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 12 Oct–15 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormJudy: 20 Oct–29 Oct, peak 130 kt, Category 4Kit: 7 Nov–16 Nov, peak 140 kt, Category 5Lola: 7 Nov–20 Nov, peak 160 kt, Category 5Mamie: 17 Nov–23 Nov, peak 110 kt, Category 3

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1957 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–40Tropical storm9951,070
Rose–135Cat 49522,580
Shirley–100Cat 39751,360
Trix–120Cat 49503,850
Virginia–150Cat 59003,660
Unnamed–—Unclassified—360
Unnamed–—Unclassified—760
Wendy–90Cat 29852,530
Unnamed–—Unclassified—650
Agnes–135Cat 49053,810
Unnamed–55Tropical storm9841,390
Unnamed–—Unclassified9983,130
Unnamed–—Unclassified—500
Bess–100Cat 39504,410
Unnamed–—Unclassified—2,220
Carmen–110Cat 39601,600
Della–120Cat 49602,930
Elaine–120Cat 49453,160
Faye–140Cat 59304,830
Gloria–90Cat 29801,770
Hester–130Cat 49003,850
Irma–75Cat 19901,030
Unnamed–45Tropical storm10001,610
Judy–130Cat 49604,300
Kit–140Cat 59104,130
Lola–160Cat 59004,990
Mamie–110Cat 39603,750

27 storms with an IBTrACS 1957 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 3 Jan 1957, last 23 Nov 1957.

Tropical storms21

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Typhoons18

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)15

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 54

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormLola

160 kt · 184 mph / 296 km/h

Lowest pressure900 hPa

Virginia, 22 Jun 1957

Longest track record14.8 days

Trix, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind6

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1957 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 1957 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 18 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 21 tropical storms, with 15 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1957 Pacific typhoon season?

Lola, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 160 kt (Category 5) on 16 Nov 1957, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 900 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1957?

4 storms in the 1957 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Virginia, Faye, Kit, Lola.

When did the 1957 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 3 Jan 1957 and the last on 23 Nov 1957, from 27 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 1957 Pacific typhoon season?

Rose, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 22 Jan 1957, 21:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Western Pacific basin for the 1957 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for typhoon strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Western Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology