Weather Records on 3 September 1957

315 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1957. Highest significance: Kotra, IN.

Key Facts for 3 September 1957

On 3 September 1957, 315 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 296 daily.
Kotra set a daily record precipitation of 132.1 mm (5.2 in) on 3 September 1957.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

315 stations

315 station records on 3 September 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kotra	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donnacona	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bijaypur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nagerutari	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chattarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jatusana	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tauru(Uaoru)	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dasna	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

315 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 153.

Records on 3 September 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

251 broken records

Margins by which the 251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1957

Top 20 records on 3 September 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1957	Kotra, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Mahul Pnulpur, IN	daily rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Three Hills, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Kipawa Laniel, CA	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Bandher, IN	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Montreal River, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Bastrop, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Calhoun 2 N, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Wadena 3 S, US	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Crossett 2 SSE, US	monthly rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Fosston 1 E, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Bear Island, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Dehra Gopipur, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Fatehpur Sikri, IN	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1957	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1957	Kotarh, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 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

1811 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1957. 1957 had 315 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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	201
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3