Weather Records on 23 January 1957

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1957. Highest significance: Watertown, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 1957

On 23 January 1957, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 581 daily.
Watertown set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 23 January 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 23 January 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Quondong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bungulla North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooralya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoffmeister 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itapipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 55.

Records on 23 January 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 January 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 581.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

504 broken records

Margins by which the 504 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1957

Top 20 records on 23 January 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1957	Watertown, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1957	Quondong, AU	monthly rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1957	Fortaleza (Escola Regional), BR	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Qacha's Nek, LS	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Aiea Fld 764A, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Fortaleza, BR	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Collegeville, CA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Bungulla North, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Highmarket 2W, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Arbovale 2, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Coomberdale, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Fredonia, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Eagle Falls, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Avon, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Tiffin, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1957	Cooralya, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	42 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 593 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	441
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1