Weather Records on 21 January 1957

527 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1957. Highest significance: Karkaralinsk, KZ.

Key Facts for 21 January 1957

On 21 January 1957, 527 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 517 daily.
Karkaralinsk set a daily record precipitation of 56.0 mm (2.2 in) on 21 January 1957.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

527 stations

527 station records on 21 January 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waimanalo 794	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black Point 717	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Longlac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

527 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 21 January 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 21 January 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 158.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1957

Top 20 records on 21 January 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1957	Karkaralinsk, KZ	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Belle Glade, US	monthly rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Chidlow, AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Wilgarrup, AU	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Tambellup, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Makapuu Point 724, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Kapalama 773, US	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Waimanalo 794, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Miles City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1957	Williams, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1957	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1957	Moana, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1957	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1957	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1957	Black Point 717, US	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1957	Longlac, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 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

1793 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 527 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	397
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1