Typhoon Gloria

Typhoon Gloria
20 - 23 September 1957

(extracted from the Observatory's publication
"Director's Annual Department Reports, 1957 - 58")

Typhoon Gloria in September moved first to the west-northwest, and then turned northward to cross the coast close to the west of Macau. The Royal Observatory recorded twelve hours of strong winds, fourteen hours of gales, and one hour when winds were mainly hurricane strength with a gust of 101 knots. At Waglan, winds of gale force or higher lasted twenty-one hours with a peak gust of 100 knots.