Typhoon Elaine (1957)
Typhoon Elaine reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 14, 1957 and September 21, 1957, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Elaine, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1957 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- September 14, 1957 to September 21, 1957
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 945 mb (27.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 753 km (468 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 17.5
- Identifier
- WP121957
Deaths and damage
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 17.0N 147.2E | 90 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 17.3N 146.2E | 90 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 17.9N 145.0E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 18.4N 143.8E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 18.9N 142.5E | 90 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 19.5N 141.5E | 95 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 20.5N 140.5E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 21.6N 139.3E | 100 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 22.7N 138.5E | 120 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 23.8N 138.1E | 120 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 24.9N 138.2E | 110 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 25.5N 139.0E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 26.7N 140.3E | 100 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 28.1N 142.5E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 29.6N 144.8E | 90 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 31.5N 148.9E | 80 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 33.8N 152.7E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 36.4N 156.6E | 70 kt | 990 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 38.0N 160.0E | 70 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 42.0N 162.0E | 55 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 42.5N 165.2E | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 42.8N 168.5E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 43.0N 172.0E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 43.1N 175.8E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 43.9N 177.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 44.0N 179.0E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 45.0N 181.0E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1957
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1957
- Super Typhoon RoseWestern Pacific · 1957
- Typhoon ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1957
- Typhoon TrixWestern Pacific · 1957
- Super Typhoon VirginiaWestern Pacific · 1957
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1957
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1957
- Typhoon WendyWestern Pacific · 1957
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1957
- Super Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1957
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1957
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1957
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1957
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1957
- Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1957
- Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1957
- Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1957
- Super Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1957
- Super Typhoon HesterWestern Pacific · 1957
- Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1957
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1957
- Super Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1957
- Super Typhoon KitWestern Pacific · 1957
- Super Typhoon LolaWestern Pacific · 1957
- Typhoon MamieWestern Pacific · 1957
What this means
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.
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.