Hurricanes

The 1957 season

86 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.

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Tracks

The track of every 1957 storm in every basin on one map, colored by the strength it held at each point. Each storm is listed below with its own page.

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North Atlantic

8 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 4 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 78.7.

Eastern Pacific

14 storms, 13 at tropical storm strength, 9 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 145.4.

Western Pacific

26 storms, 20 at tropical storm strength, 17 typhoons, 14 major; accumulated cyclone energy 413.6.

North Indian

7 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.

South Indian

20 storms, 1 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 1.6.

South Pacific

11 storms, 2 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 1.4.

Sources

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.