Weather Records on 1 September 1957

320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 1957. Highest significance: Mobridge 2NNW, US.

Key Facts for 1 September 1957

On 1 September 1957, 320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 300 daily.
Mobridge 2NNW set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 1 September 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

320 stations

320 station records on 1 September 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jamshedpur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	286.3 mm (11.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franz	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Topchanchi	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narayangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indiga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mat	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

320 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 1 September 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

255 broken records

Margins by which the 255 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 1957

Top 20 records on 1 September 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 1957	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Jamshedpur, IN	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Serampore, IN	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Kharsawan, IN	all-time rain	286.3 mm (11.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Tamar, IN	all-time rain	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Maddock, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Westhope, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Belle Fourche, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Franz, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Higgins Lake, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Rock 1 E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Orman Dam, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1957	Diamond Harbour, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1957	Pollock, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1957	Suri, IN	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1957	Haina 214, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1957	Panki, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1957	Sabalgarh, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1957	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1957	Breakwater, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	30 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

1797 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1957. 1957 had 320 records.

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

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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Data for records on 1957-09-01: 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	235
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1