Hurricane Frieda (1957)
Hurricane Frieda reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 20, 1957 and September 27, 1957, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Frieda, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 20, 1957 to September 27, 1957
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.8
- Identifier
- AL071957
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 20, 12:00 | 31.7N 65.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 31.0N 65.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 29.7N 65.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 28.2N 65.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 27.2N 65.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 27.5N 65.5W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 27.8N 65.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 27.5N 66.7W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 26.7N 68.2W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 26.7N 69.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 26.8N 70.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 26.9N 71.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 27.3N 71.8W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 28.0N 72.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 29.0N 72.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 30.4N 72.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 31.5N 71.0W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 32.2N 70.0W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 33.2N 68.5W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 34.4N 66.6W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 35.8N 64.5W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 37.4N 62.6W | 75 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 38.8N 60.8W | 75 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 40.2N 59.0W | 70 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 41.4N 57.2W | 65 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 42.6N 55.8W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 44.0N 54.5W | 55 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 45.8N 53.5W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 48.0N 52.5W | 50 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.