Weather Records on 23 March 1957

354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1957. Highest significance: Deerfield 10 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1957

On 23 March 1957, 354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 349 daily.
Deerfield 10 NNW set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 23 March 1957.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

354 stations

354 station records on 23 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berrings	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.8 C (-23.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Courtenay Puntledge Bchp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arriba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

354 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 23 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 23 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 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

23 March 1957

Top 20 records on 23 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1957	Deerfield 10 NNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Beerlaagte, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Alton 1 W, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Liberal, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Lakin, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Lakin, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Richfield, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Dodge City, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Cimarron, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Springfield, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Cimarron, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Ashland, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Berrings, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Plains, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1957	Halsey 2 W, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1957	Leoti, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1957	Hooker, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1957	Healy, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1957	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	32 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

1796 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1957. 1957 had 354 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

Download the Data

Data for records on 1957-03-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	247
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	10
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2