Weather Records on 22 August 1957

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1957. Highest significance: Bermagui South (Young Street), AU.

Key Facts for 22 August 1957

On 22 August 1957, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 356 daily.
Bermagui South (Young Street) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 180.3 mm (7.1 in) on 22 August 1957.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 22 August 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amreli	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanker	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish 9 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tulabada	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cromleigh,Ixopo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mandhata	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tharad	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 233.

Records on 22 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

317 broken records

Margins by which the 317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1957

Top 20 records on 22 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1957	Bermagui South (Young Street), AU	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1957	St Augustine, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1957	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Dellicknora (Tellicura), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Barwani, IN	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Poonampet, IN	monthly rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Bhimunipatnam, IN	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Pogranichnyj, RU	daily rain	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Karesuando, SE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Kowardha, IN	all-time rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Kalingapatam, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Amreli, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Cathcart (Mount Darragh), AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Padwa, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Goedemoed (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Wyndham Post Office, AU	monthly rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Kanker, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1957	Buffelshoek, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	37 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

1802 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1957. 1957 had 371 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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 20	276
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2