Weather Records on 14 August 1957

281 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1957. Highest significance: Caruthersville, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 1957

On 14 August 1957, 281 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 272 daily.
Caruthersville set a daily record precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 14 August 1957.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

281 stations

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

Weather records on 14 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sardine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snowhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morehouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zira	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jhalod	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vaalkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Badnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

281 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 14 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 272.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

210 broken records

Margins by which the 210 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1957

Top 20 records on 14 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1957	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1957	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	New Madrid, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Sardine Creek, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Anakapalli, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Chappells 2 NNW, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Hernando, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Hvar, HR	daily high min	29.1 C (84.4 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Bolton, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Parma, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Morehouse, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1957	Zira, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1957	Nogales, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1957	Sangareddi(Rev), IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1957	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 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 281 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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 10	165
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1