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Hurricane Kanoa (1957)

Kanoa came within 100 km of Hawaii, passing to the north-east as a category 1 hurricane on 26 July 1957. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
75 kt (86 mph) Category 1
Closest pass
100 km (62 mi) from Hawaii
When
26 July 1957
Distance from Honolulu
440 km (273 mi)
Lifetime
11 days 15 July 1957 – 26 July 1957
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
north-east

The closest pass

At its closest, Kanoa was 100 km (62 mi) from Hawaii on 26 July 1957, as a hurricane with 75 kt (86 mph) winds, approaching from the north-east.

The forecasts

No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.

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