Weather Records on 17 February 1957

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1957. Highest significance: Alpine, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 1957

On 17 February 1957, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 245 daily.
Alpine set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 17 February 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 17 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chute A Murdock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	162.0 cm (63.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turee Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Reno Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chute A Murdock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovington 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 245.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

185 broken records

Margins by which the 185 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1957

Top 20 records on 17 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1957	Alpine, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1957	Peak Hill, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1957	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1957	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1957	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1957	San Benito, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Odesa, UA	daily high max	14.8 C (58.6 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Sabinal, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Chute A Murdock, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Raymondville, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Feodosiia, UA	daily high min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Tarnaby, SE	daily snow depth	162.0 cm (63.8 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Ft Wingate, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	58 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Mulgul, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Socorro, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1957	Bishop AP, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	52 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

1794 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 252 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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	181
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1