Weather Records on 15 February 1957

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1957. Highest significance: Pardoo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 15 February 1957

On 15 February 1957, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 428 daily.
Pardoo Station set a daily record precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 15 February 1957.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 15 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.1 mm (8.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenland Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	159.0 cm (62.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beatty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tohatchi 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 428.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

340 broken records

Margins by which the 340 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

15 February 1957

Top 20 records on 15 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1957	Pardoo Station, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Turbine, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Ettrick, AU	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Bidyadanga, AU	monthly rain	227.1 mm (8.9 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Grove Farm 1021, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Mulyie, AU	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Beaver, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Turbine, CA	monthly snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1957	Ignace, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1957	Independence, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1957	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1957	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1957	Bisbee, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1957	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1957	Gage, US	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1957	Buckeye, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1957	Willcox, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	53 years	27 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

1794 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 444 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	317
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1