Weather Records on 12 September 1957

727 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1957. Highest significance: Taung, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 September 1957

On 12 September 1957, 727 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 665 daily.
Taung set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.0 mm (3.3 in) on 12 September 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

727 stations

727 station records on 12 September 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein "Rietpan"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wargundy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rietfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sheenspost	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Driekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hobhouse 23	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Verkeerdevlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danielskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bergplaats (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Brug (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boschkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nqutu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mafeteng	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mequatlingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	95.9 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

727 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 597.

Records on 12 September 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	597
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 61, daily 665.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

672 broken records

Margins by which the 672 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1957

Top 20 records on 12 September 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1957	Taung, ZA	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1957	Mahlabatini (Mag), ZA	monthly rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1957	Driefontein, ZA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1957	Nongoma, ZA	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1957	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1957	Morsi, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1957	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1957	Kareedoorn, ZA	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Klipfontein "Rietpan", ZA	monthly rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Kuilput, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Wargundy, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Shirol, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Intake, ZA	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	North End, ZA	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Clifford Chambers, ZA	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Rietfontein, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Trekpad, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1957	Sheenspost, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 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

1793 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 727 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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	508
20 to 40	128
40 to 60	31
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1