Weather Records on 11 May 1957

439 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 1957. Highest significance: Griffin, US.

Key Facts for 11 May 1957

On 11 May 1957, 439 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 426 daily.
Griffin set a daily record precipitation of 70.4 mm (2.8 in) on 11 May 1957.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

439 stations

439 station records on 11 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cherapalaseri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

439 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 246, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 1957

Top 20 records on 11 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 1957	Griffin, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 May 1957	Ashville 4 W, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 May 1957	Hewitt, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Covington, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Southern Pines 2 W, US	monthly rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Newberry, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Beowawe, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Raleigh 4 SW, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Carlton Brg, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Greensboro, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Balipara(Addibar) Sr, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Rome, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Aiken 5SE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Mazbat(Majbat), IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1957	Blair, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 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

1814 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1957. 1957 had 439 records.

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

Records on 05-11 in each year
Year	Records
1814	3
1832	1
1836	3
1837	1
1838	1
1848	2
1856	1
1860	2
1865	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	2
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1883	3
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	5
1900	7
1901	9
1902	6
1903	7
1904	6
1905	12
1906	21
1907	44
1908	9
1909	12
1910	16
1911	99
1912	21
1913	20
1914	20
1915	16
1916	22
1917	40
1918	54
1919	56
1920	181
1921	58
1922	61
1923	111
1924	239
1925	410
1926	472
1927	318
1928	252
1929	126
1930	380
1931	254
1932	170
1933	429
1934	332
1935	276
1936	363
1937	170
1938	141
1939	213
1940	340
1941	411
1942	389
1943	646
1944	408
1945	483
1946	747
1947	480
1948	407
1949	451
1950	285
1951	395
1952	629
1953	686
1954	492
1955	235
1956	942
1957	439
1958	499
1959	575
1960	809
1961	663
1962	670
1963	984
1964	299
1965	356
1966	992
1967	974
1968	909
1969	349
1970	764
1971	565
1972	673
1973	429
1974	795
1975	383
1976	509
1977	836
1978	1,070
1979	1,239
1980	693
1981	1,298
1982	624
1983	930
1984	666
1985	835
1986	684
1987	1,247
1988	485
1989	952
1990	935
1991	990
1992	728
1993	1,088
1994	633
1995	1,244
1996	1,088
1997	1,033
1998	1,315
1999	1,052
2000	1,286
2001	848
2002	845
2003	1,321
2004	834
2005	944
2006	822
2007	833
2008	1,015
2009	605
2010	1,292
2011	1,414
2012	1,181
2013	615
2014	662
2015	1,038
2016	497
2017	546
2018	988
2019	915
2020	1,068
2021	590
2022	1,470
2023	390
2024	579
2025	1,104
2026	797

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Data for records on 1957-05-11: 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 10	280
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	3