Track map of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Esther" class="extiw" title="w:Hurricane Esther">Hurricane Esther</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Atlantic_hurricane_season" class="extiw" title="w:1961 Atlantic hurricane season">1961 Atlantic hurricane season</a>. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/maximum_sustained_wind" class="extiw" title="w:maximum sustained wind">maximum sustained wind speeds</a> as classified in the Saffir–Simpson scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm, according to the legend below.<br><div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; max-width: 51em; width: 100%">
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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" class="extiw" title="w:Saffir–Simpson scale">Saffir–Simpson scale</a></b>
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<p><b>Storm type</b>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><img alt="●" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/18px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/27px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/36px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" class="extiw" title="w:Tropical cyclone">Tropical cyclone</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><img alt="■" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/18px-Solid_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/27px-Solid_black.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/36px-Solid_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropical_cyclone" class="extiw" title="w:Subtropical cyclone">Subtropical cyclone</a></div>
<div><img alt="▲" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/18px-ArrowUp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/27px-ArrowUp.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/36px-ArrowUp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" class="extiw" title="w:Extratropical cyclone">Extratropical cyclone</a> / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression</div>
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<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Supportstorm" title="User:Supportstorm">Supportstorm</a>
1961-09-10–1961-09-27
Created by Supportstorm using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Tropical_cyclones/Tracks" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks">WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks</a>. The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Marble_2002_bg21600.png" title="File:Blue Marble 2002 bg21600.png">background image</a> is from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" class="extiw" title="w:NASA">NASA</a>. Tracking data is from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hurricane_Center" class="extiw" title="w:National Hurricane Center">National Hurricane Center</a><sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/">[1]</a></sup>.