Weather Records on 11 February 1957

448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 February 1957. Highest significance: Red Range (Victoria St), AU.

Key Facts for 11 February 1957

On 11 February 1957, 448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 441 daily.
Red Range (Victoria St) set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 11 February 1957.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

448 stations

448 station records on 11 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Van der Waltshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amatikulu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narayangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Accord Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Majhgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bonita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

448 records

Records set or tied on 11 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 11 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 11 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 441.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 February 1957

Top 20 records on 11 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 February 1957	Red Range (Victoria St), AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Narromine (Mumble Peg), AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Van der Waltshoek, ZA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Dubbo (Darling Street), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Argalong (the Farm), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Virden, CA	monthly high max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Ulan Water, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1957	Nevertire (Clyde St), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1957	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1957	Riverview, ZA	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1957	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1957	Jhb-Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1957	Seligman, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1957	Willowvale, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1957	Kolaghat, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1957	Alamogordo, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	42 years	30 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

1798 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1957. 1957 had 448 records.

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

Records on 02-11 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1829	4
1845	2
1847	2
1849	1
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1869	4
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	7
1886	2
1887	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	19
1900	8
1901	1
1902	6
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	6
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	17
1911	39
1912	29
1913	5
1914	73
1915	16
1916	24
1917	15
1918	27
1919	42
1920	20
1921	60
1922	76
1923	55
1924	97
1925	315
1926	63
1927	40
1928	269
1929	369
1930	191
1931	157
1932	1,420
1933	392
1934	318
1935	326
1936	562
1937	511
1938	524
1939	405
1940	396
1941	251
1942	198
1943	404
1944	371
1945	206
1946	386
1947	417
1948	827
1949	376
1950	280
1951	957
1952	460
1953	521
1954	411
1955	1,072
1956	545
1957	448
1958	611
1959	394
1960	732
1961	951
1962	975
1963	685
1964	421
1965	950
1966	774
1967	314
1968	404
1969	731
1970	657
1971	732
1972	320
1973	851
1974	555
1975	569
1976	965
1977	959
1978	1,263
1979	1,975
1980	711
1981	2,439
1982	1,042
1983	1,087
1984	726
1985	1,124
1986	1,188
1987	810
1988	1,159
1989	754
1990	1,050
1991	539
1992	782
1993	1,146
1994	1,770
1995	970
1996	969
1997	717
1998	1,468
1999	2,266
2000	1,066
2001	809
2002	1,740
2003	587
2004	834
2005	1,121
2006	558
2007	782
2008	916
2009	1,680
2010	1,323
2011	1,430
2012	964
2013	765
2014	1,032
2015	790
2016	997
2017	1,508
2018	792
2019	929
2020	1,012
2021	1,055
2022	568
2023	387
2024	820
2025	1,282
2026	654

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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 25	357
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1