Super Typhoon Hester (1952)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

December 27, 1952 to January 6, 1953

Peak strength

Category 5, 160 kt (184 mph)

Lowest pressure

950 mb (28.05 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 1125 km (699 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

38.4

Fastest the center moved

39 kt (45 mph)

Identifier

WP281952

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression
• Typhoon CharlotteWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 285 kt · 960 mb
• Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 175 kt · 960 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression
• Typhoon EmmaWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 3110 kt · 973 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm FredaWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm GildaWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Storm50 kt · 992 mb
• Typhoon HarrietWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 3100 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm Jeanne:JeannieWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Storm45 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression
• Tropical Depression IvyWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression990 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression
• Typhoon KarenWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 285 kt · 955 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression
• Typhoon LoisWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 175 kt · 975 mb
• Typhoon MaryWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 165 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon NonaWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 180 kt · 980 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Storm40 kt
• Super Typhoon OliveWestern Pacific · 1952 · $15 millionCat 5160 kt · 940 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Storm35 kt
• Typhoon PollyWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 170 kt · 975 mb
• Typhoon RoseWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 180 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon TrixWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 4120 kt · 965 mb
• Tropical Storm ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Storm40 kt · 995 mb
• Typhoon VaeWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 165 kt · 975 mb
• Super Typhoon WilmaWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 5160 kt · 930 mb
• Super Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 5150 kt · 920 mb
• Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 3100 kt · 915 mb
• Tropical Depression BessWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression1008 mb
• Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 3110 kt · 960 mb
• Super Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 5150 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm ElaineWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm FayeWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Storm45 kt · 990 mb
• Super Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1952Cat 4130 kt · 990 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1952Tropical Depression

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

• Wikipedia article: Typhoon Hester