Weather Records on 2 February 1957

428 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1957. Highest significance: Gaddede, SE.

Key Facts for 2 February 1957

On 2 February 1957, 428 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 413 daily.
Gaddede set a daily record precipitation of 31.9 mm (1.3 in) on 2 February 1957.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

428 stations

428 station records on 2 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.7 C (-26.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beer Sheva-1	Israel	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-34.1 C (-29.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

428 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1957

Top 20 records on 2 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1957	Gaddede, SE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Polur, IN	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	13.8 C (24.8 F)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Geisenheim, DE	monthly high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Nannilam, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	19.1 C (66.4 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	71 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Weissenburg, DE	daily high max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	71 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Bamberg, DE	daily high max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1957	Plauen, DE	monthly high min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1957	Putbus, DE	daily high max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1957	Paterson, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1957	Plauen, DE	daily high max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	72 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1957	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1957	Ft Yukon, US	monthly high min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1957	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	monthly high min	9.9 C (49.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	53 years	31 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 428 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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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	319
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1