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Hurricane Nina (1957)

Nina came within 142 km of Niihau, passing to the west as a category 1 hurricane on 2 December 1957. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

Replay the track, hour by hour
Peak intensity
75 kt (86 mph) Category 1
Closest pass
142 km (88 mi) from Niihau
When
2 December 1957
Distance from Honolulu
342 km (212 mi)
Lifetime
8 days 29 November 1957 – 6 December 1957
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
west

The closest pass

At its closest, Nina was 142 km (88 mi) from Niihau on 2 December 1957, as a hurricane with 75 kt (86 mph) winds, approaching from the west.

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.

Other close passes at Niihau