Weather Records on 17 January 1957

1,040 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1957. Highest significance: Pachmarhi, IN.

Key Facts for 17 January 1957

On 17 January 1957, 1,040 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 879 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 1,029 daily.
Pachmarhi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 94.2 mm (3.7 in) on 17 January 1957.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

1,040 stations

1,040 station records on 17 January 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dhuti	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Lock Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,040 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 415, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 464, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 17 January 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	415
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	464
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 17 January 1957 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 1,029.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

864 broken records

Margins by which the 864 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1957

Top 20 records on 17 January 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1957	Pachmarhi, IN	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1957	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1957	Karera, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Bareli, IN	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Dhuti, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Cairo 3 S, US	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	14.5 C (26.1 F)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Harnosand, SE	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Virden, CA	daily high min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Virden, CA	daily high max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low min	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Brockville, CA	daily low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Manchester, US	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1957	Sidney 2 N, US	all-time low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1957	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1957	Stratford, CA	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1957	Buckhannon, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1957	Ravenswood Lock Park, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 1,040 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	848
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1