Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 16–19, 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
Tropical Storm Esther (1957) was a tropical storm of the 1957 Atlantic season. It formed on September 16, 1957, 158 mi N of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on September 18, 1957, and made landfall 29 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana on September 18, 1957 as a tropical storm (63 mph). The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 905 miles (1,456 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 18, 1957 · 12:00 UTC | 29 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana | TS 63 mph | — |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 42 mi | Sep 18 · 16:00 UTC | TS 59 mph |
| Metairie Terrace, Louisiana | 36 mi | Sep 18 · 16:00 UTC | TS 59 mph |
| Metairie, Louisiana | 37 mi | Sep 18 · 16:00 UTC | TS 59 mph |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 29 mi | Sep 18 · 18:00 UTC | TS 58 mph |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 39 mi | Sep 19 · 04:00 UTC | TD 33 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.8°N 93.0°W | 158 mi N of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 21.4°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.0°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.7°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 23.4°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 24.1°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 24.5°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 25.1°N 92.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 26.4°N 92.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 27.9°N 91.6°W | 129 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS LANDFALL | 63 mph | — | 29.2°N 90.9°W | 29 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 30.4°N 90.7°W | 16 mi WSW of Hammond, Louisiana |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 31.5°N 90.7°W | 16 mi WSW of Brookhaven, Mississippi |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.5°N 90.9°W | 10 mi N of Vicksburg, Mississippi |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 33.5°N 91.0°W | near Greenville, Mississippi |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Esther made landfall once: 29 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana on September 18, 1957 at 12:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 63 mph winds.
At its peak on September 18, 1957, Esther was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
3.5 days, from September 16, 1957 to September 19, 1957. It travelled about 905 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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