Weather Records on 16 February 1957

344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1957. Highest significance: Brownsville, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 1957

On 16 February 1957, 344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
212 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 326 daily.
Brownsville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 107.2 mm (4.2 in) on 16 February 1957.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

344 stations

344 station records on 16 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tabba Tabba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buttah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.6 C (-48.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

344 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 326.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1957

Top 20 records on 16 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1957	Brownsville, US	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1957	Moa Island Mission, AU	daily rain	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Tabba Tabba, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Coongan Station, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Warralong, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Muccan, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Three Rivers, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Ft Davis, US	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1957	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1957	Whim Creek, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1957	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1957	Uman, UA	monthly high max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1957	Grand Canyon HQ, US	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1957	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily low min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	55 years	29 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 344 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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	219
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1