Weather Records on 22 January 1957

789 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1957. Highest significance: Causapscal, CA.

Key Facts for 22 January 1957

On 22 January 1957, 789 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
349 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 779 daily.
Causapscal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.7 mm (2.4 in) on 22 January 1957.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

789 stations

789 station records on 22 January 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Bruno	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wargundy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kawailoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Borden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chute Aux Galets	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morehouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

789 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 336, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 22 January 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	336
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 22 January 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1957

Top 20 records on 22 January 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1957	Causapscal, CA	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Macdonald College, CA	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Aiea Fld 764A, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Rogers, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Orono, CA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	St Bruno, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Dalhousie L High Falls, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Port Dover, CA	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Fayette, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Apsley, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Wargundy, ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Tweed, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Kawailoa, US	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1957	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 789 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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 20	608
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1