Storm history › West Pacific › 1966 season
Typhoon Hester (1966)
Hester was a Category 2 typhoon of the 1966 West Pacific season. It was tracked from April 3, 1966 to April 15, 1966, about 13 days, and covered 4,066 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 988 mb.
- Peak wind
- 100 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 988 mb
- Strongest
- Category 2 typhoon
- Duration
- 13 days
- Track length
- 4,066 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 10.8
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 889th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Typhoon Malou (2021), Typhoon Shanshan (2018), Typhoon Tembin (2017) and 50 more.
- Lowest pressure: 1440th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Maysak (2026), Tropical Storm Fengshen (2025), Tropical Storm Yun-Yeung (2023) and 17 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 1966 West Pacific season's ACE.