Track map & timeline · Central Pacific · September 1–12, 1957
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Della (1957) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1957 Central Pacific season. It formed on September 1, 1957, reached its peak of 127 mph (204 km/h) on September 12, 1957, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on September 4, 1957). The storm lasted 11.8 days and travelled about 3,486 miles (5,609 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 15.0°N 149.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.0°N 150.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.1°N 151.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.2°N 152.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.3°N 153.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.7°N 154.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.2°N 155.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.0°N 157.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.7°N 157.8°W | 179 mi SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.7°N 159.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.7°N 160.3°W | 176 mi SSW of Kapa‘a, Hawaii |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.7°N 161.7°W | 180 mi WSW of Kapa‘a, Hawaii |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.7°N 162.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.0°N 164.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.0°N 165.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.8°N 166.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 24.4°N 167.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 24.6°N 168.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.0°N 169.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.0°N 170.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.0°N 171.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.1°N 172.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.3°N 172.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.4°N 173.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.3°N 173.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.0°N 174.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 24.7°N 174.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 24.3°N 175.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.7°N 175.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.0°N 176.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.3°N 176.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.6°N 177.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.0°N 178.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.5°N 179.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.1°N 179.9°E | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 19.7°N 179.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 19.4°N 178.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | Cat 2 | 107 mph | — | 19.4°N 176.9°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 19.7°N 175.6°E | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 20.2°N 174.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 20.8°N 173.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 21.4°N 172.1°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 22.0°N 170.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 22.7°N 169.4°E | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 23.3°N 168.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 23.8°N 166.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 24.2°N 165.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 24.8°N 163.5°E | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Della.
At its peak on September 12, 1957, Della was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 127 mph (204 km/h).
11.8 days, from September 1, 1957 to September 12, 1957, including 210 hours at hurricane strength (54 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,486 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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