Typhoon Lola path, 1957

What the record says

Lola was a typhoon in the Western North Pacific basin that lasted about 15 days, from 7 November 1957 to 22 November 1957. Its peak was Category 5 (160 kt) on 16 November 1957, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 160 kt (184 mph, 296 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 900 hPa.

• Category 5peak intensity
• 160 ktpeak wind (184 mph)
• 900 hPalowest pressure
• 15 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (western Pacific).

It has its own page because it reached category 5 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

The record shows no landfall: the storm stayed at sea.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Marshall Islands

US counties it came within 50 km of

• Guam, Guam

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.