Weather Records on 31 August 1957

317 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1957. Highest significance: Kohala Mis 175.1, US.

Key Facts for 31 August 1957

On 31 August 1957, 317 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 299 daily.
Kohala Mis 175.1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 31 August 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

317 stations

317 station records on 31 August 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	274.3 mm (10.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatna	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Alphen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

317 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 129.

Records on 31 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 299.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

243 broken records

Margins by which the 243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1957

Top 20 records on 31 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1957	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1957	Kohala 179.1, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Mau, IN	daily rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Mescalero, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Niulii 179, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Rico, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Fatehpur Sikri, IN	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Hatch, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Fatehabad, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Kesiary Kaltikri, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Souris, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Bari, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Charlotte, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1957	Laguna, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1957	Wrangell AP, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1957	Pilger, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1957	Riva, IT	daily low min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	66 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

1796 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1957. 1957 had 317 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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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	217
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1