Weather Records on 15 July 1957

304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1957. Highest significance: Snoqualmie Pass, US.

Key Facts for 15 July 1957

On 15 July 1957, 304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 296 daily.
Snoqualmie Pass set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 15 July 1957.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

304 stations

304 station records on 15 July 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jacampari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garanhuns	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsheuwel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matheran	India	Record daily precipitation	272.3 mm (10.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dahej	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanumangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dhandhuka	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dholera	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nalia	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

304 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 171.

Records on 15 July 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

242 broken records

Margins by which the 242 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1957

Top 20 records on 15 July 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1957	Snoqualmie Pass, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Jacampari, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Garanhuns, BR	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Potter, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Causapscal, CA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Elandsheuwel, ZA	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Palitana, IN	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Virden, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Falun, SE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Matheran, IN	daily rain	272.3 mm (10.7 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Sairang, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Dahej, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1957	Bhaunagar, IN	monthly rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1957	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1957	Hermosa 3 SSW, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1957	Stewart, CA	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1957	Chita, RU	monthly low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1957	Umea, SE	daily high max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	71 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

1793 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 304 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 1957-07-15: 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 20	218
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1