The 1957 season

Typhoon Mamie (1957)

Typhoon Mamie reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between November 17, 1957 and November 25, 1957, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Mamie, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
November 17, 1957 to November 25, 1957
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
960 mb (28.35 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1449 km (900 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
14.7
Identifier
WP211957

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 17, 06:005.9N 171.6E30 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:006.6N 170.5E30 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:007.5N 169.0E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:008.5N 167.3E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:009.5N 165.4E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0010.5N 163.5E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0011.6N 161.3E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0012.5N 159.8E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0013.1N 158.3E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0013.7N 157.0E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0014.2N 156.0E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0014.7N 155.0E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0015.4N 153.9E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:0016.2N 152.8E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:0017.2N 151.7E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:0018.3N 151.5E100 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 06:0019.5N 151.1E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 12:0020.8N 150.7E110 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0022.3N 150.4E110 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0023.9N 150.3E110 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0025.6N 150.9E100 kt960 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0027.0N 152.3E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0028.4N 154.6E80 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:0029.5N 157.0E80 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0030.3N 160.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0031.0N 163.0E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0034.0N 167.0E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0037.0N 170.0E40 kt1000 mbMixed
Nov 24, 06:0041.0N 171.5E40 kt1004 mbMixed
Nov 24, 12:0044.0N 172.0E35 kt1004 mbMixed
Nov 24, 18:0032.9N 176.2E1006 mbExtratropical
Nov 25, 00:0033.9N 179.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Nov 25, 06:0035.8N 181.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific 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.