Weather Records on 11 September 1957

470 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 September 1957. Highest significance: Taung, ZA.

Key Facts for 11 September 1957

On 11 September 1957, 470 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 454 daily.
Taung set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 11 September 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

470 stations

470 station records on 11 September 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 September 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Prathipadu	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nazareth House Farm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mequatlingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pelserskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mafeteng	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moreson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junction City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

470 records

Records set or tied on 11 September 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 319.

Records on 11 September 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 September 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 September 1957

Top 20 records on 11 September 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 September 1957	Taung, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 September 1957	Coleman 3 WNW, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 September 1957	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Perdeberg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Hubli, IN	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	North End, ZA	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Prathipadu, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Shirala, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Patan, IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Blikana, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Santo Antonio, BR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Khaga, IN	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Malung, SE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Haveri, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Purankot, IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Lillydale, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1957	Idomia, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	45 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

1809 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1957. 1957 had 470 records.

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

Records on 09-11 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1814	3
1818	1
1830	1
1836	1
1838	3
1839	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	1
1860	2
1861	1
1863	2
1865	3
1866	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	15
1903	13
1904	4
1905	5
1906	10
1907	9
1908	20
1909	12
1910	19
1911	9
1912	25
1913	22
1914	52
1915	160
1916	17
1917	88
1918	62
1919	52
1920	158
1921	52
1922	78
1923	44
1924	290
1925	260
1926	137
1927	300
1928	127
1929	206
1930	136
1931	868
1932	210
1933	276
1934	144
1935	410
1936	567
1937	324
1938	288
1939	561
1940	891
1941	210
1942	234
1943	335
1944	446
1945	341
1946	262
1947	611
1948	424
1949	450
1950	462
1951	247
1952	549
1953	392
1954	363
1955	479
1956	539
1957	470
1958	748
1959	488
1960	423
1961	524
1962	480
1963	359
1964	1,195
1965	414
1966	392
1967	478
1968	835
1969	685
1970	474
1971	464
1972	507
1973	612
1974	430
1975	644
1976	920
1977	406
1978	911
1979	596
1980	474
1981	347
1982	862
1983	1,243
1984	888
1985	844
1986	1,221
1987	595
1988	1,019
1989	1,301
1990	840
1991	843
1992	672
1993	809
1994	713
1995	619
1996	1,030
1997	808
1998	1,821
1999	1,073
2000	1,469
2001	826
2002	1,059
2003	1,022
2004	740
2005	1,163
2006	1,132
2007	947
2008	916
2009	774
2010	965
2011	1,051
2012	687
2013	1,207
2014	1,100
2015	683
2016	677
2017	916
2018	763
2019	806
2020	1,235
2021	851
2022	617
2023	1,034
2024	889
2025	917
2026	615

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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	346
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2