Weather Records on 7 August 1957

868 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1957. Highest significance: Adamabad, IN.

Key Facts for 7 August 1957

On 7 August 1957, 868 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 613 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 857 daily.
Adamabad set a daily record precipitation of 183.1 mm (7.2 in) on 7 August 1957.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

868 stations

868 station records on 7 August 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kailiili 436	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Intake Wainiha 1086	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vaughn	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

868 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 518, Heaviest daily rainfall 153.

Records on 7 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	518
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 857.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

663 broken records

Margins by which the 663 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1957

Top 20 records on 7 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1957	Adamabad, IN	daily rain	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Ft Lewis, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Bugulma, RU	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Brownsville, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Padwa, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Oberstdorf, DE	monthly rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Kailiili 436, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Intake Wainiha 1086, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Olenja Rechka, RU	all-time rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Natchitoches, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Mena, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1957	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1957	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1957	Ruston la Tech, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1957	Idabel, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1957	Sallisaw 2 NW, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1957	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1957	Gatesville, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	34 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

1808 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1957. 1957 had 868 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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Data for records on 1957-08-07: 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	648
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1