Weather Records on 3 February 1957

326 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1957. Highest significance: Virden, CA.

Key Facts for 3 February 1957

On 3 February 1957, 326 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 316 daily.
Virden set a daily record high maximum temperature of -8.9 C (16.0 F) on 3 February 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 555 records.

Record Map

326 stations

326 station records on 3 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Derrylin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tirukoilur	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newgate	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dyliabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

326 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

251 broken records

Margins by which the 251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1957

Top 20 records on 3 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	16.7 C (30.1 F)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1957	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	McCall, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly high max	4.6 C (40.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Toolebuc, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Burrwood Wb, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Hamilton, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Gobichettipalaya, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Seward AP, US	monthly high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Springfield, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Derrylin, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Ponnamaravathi, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Estancia 4N, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Mountainair, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Biloxi, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1957	Quinault Rs, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	25 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 326 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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 50	245
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1