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Tropical Storm Esther (1957)

Tropical Storm Esther was a tropical storm at its peak, with 63 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 2 of the cities we track; the strongest was New Orleans, LA, with a modeled peak gust of 54 mph.

Peak strength63 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
2
LandfallsFirst September 18, 1957
1
Lowest pressure
1000 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Tropical Storm Esther’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. September 18, 1957, tropical storm at 63 mph, about 83 miles from New Orleans, LA

Modeled winds at cities (2)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
New Orleans, LA54 mph44 mph49 milesSep 18, 1957, 11:30 AM GMT-5
Slidell, LA51 mph41 mph55 milesSep 18, 1957, 12:30 PM GMT-5

Best track (15 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Sep 16, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph20.8°N, 93.0°W
Sep 16, 06:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph21.4°N, 93.0°W
Sep 16, 12:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph22.0°N, 93.0°W
Sep 16, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph22.7°N, 93.0°W
Sep 17, 00:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1000 mb23.4°N, 93.0°W
Sep 17, 06:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph24.1°N, 93.0°W
Sep 17, 12:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph24.5°N, 93.0°W
Sep 17, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1004 mb25.1°N, 92.8°W
Sep 18, 00:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph26.4°N, 92.3°W
Sep 18, 06:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1000 mb27.9°N, 91.6°W
Sep 18, 12:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm63 mph29.2°N, 90.9°W
Sep 18, 18:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph30.4°N, 90.7°W
Sep 19, 00:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1002 mb31.5°N, 90.7°W
Sep 19, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph32.5°N, 90.9°W
Sep 19, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph33.5°N, 91.0°W