Weather Records on 10 February 1957

668 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1957. Highest significance: Rowlesburg 1, US.

Key Facts for 10 February 1957

On 10 February 1957, 668 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
391 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 645 daily.
Rowlesburg 1 set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 10 February 1957.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

668 stations

668 station records on 10 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Lock Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoult Lock 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swaelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crawford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Convamore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Horner	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Dam 2O	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gest Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jane Lew	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

668 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 227, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 10 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	227
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 10 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 645.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

527 broken records

Margins by which the 527 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 February 1957

Top 20 records on 10 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1957	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1957	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Creston, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Mqanduli (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Clarksburg 1, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Glenville, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Ravenswood Lock Park, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Hoult Lock 15, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Middlebourne 3 ESE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Benson, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Philippi, US	all-time rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Emgcewe (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Clarington Lock 14, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Swaelfontein, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1957	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	44 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

1798 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1957. 1957 had 668 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

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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	469
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1