Weather Records on 14 March 1957

873 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1957. Highest significance: Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU.

Key Facts for 14 March 1957

On 14 March 1957, 873 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 870 daily.
Emmaville (Strathbogie) set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 14 March 1957.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

873 stations

873 station records on 14 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boolarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dona	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smoko	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

873 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 471, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	471
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 870.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

767 broken records

Margins by which the 767 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1957

Top 20 records on 14 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1957	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1957	Mine Centre, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Mine Centre, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Barnawartha, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Campestre, BR	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Maple Plain, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Tingha (Crystal Hill), AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Wodonga Express, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Mocambo, BR	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Armagh, GB	daily high max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Clunes, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Moyston, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Novo Acre (Giqui), BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1957	Whitton (Conapaira St), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

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

1810 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1957. 1957 had 873 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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	708
25 to 50	33
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2