Weather Records on 10 March 1957

607 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1957. Highest significance: Warmun, AU.

Key Facts for 10 March 1957

On 10 March 1957, 607 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 600 daily.
Warmun set a daily record precipitation of 122.9 mm (4.8 in) on 10 March 1957.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

607 stations

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

Weather records on 10 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Rafael	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeys Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warden (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leuctra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yeotmal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vaalbank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Witbankfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sitio Passagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosthern	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lintlaw	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

607 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 358, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

523 broken records

Margins by which the 523 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 1957

Top 20 records on 10 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1957	Warmun, AU	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Darwha, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Sao Rafael, BR	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Cookeys Plains, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Wastina Hemaruka, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Warden (Mag), ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Oxford, GB	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	131 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Fremont 5 NW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Senekal (Agr), ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1957	Wondoola Station, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1957	Great Falls, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1957	Leuctra, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1957	Keene, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1957	Calmar, CA	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	12 years	33 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

1807 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1957. 1957 had 607 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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	466
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2