Weather Records on 24 September 1957

370 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1957. Highest significance: Uppsala_Aut, SE.

Key Facts for 24 September 1957

On 24 September 1957, 370 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 352 daily.
Uppsala_Aut set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 24 September 1957.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

370 stations

370 station records on 24 September 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Flitwick Grange	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Witbankfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bleskop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swartkoppie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nqutu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kismet Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boschkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laukaha	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

370 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 September 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 September 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1957

Top 20 records on 24 September 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1957	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1957	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1957	Flitwick Grange, ZA	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1957	Gavle, SE	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Clifford Chambers, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Leeuspruit Wes, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Witbankfontein, ZA	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Paardekopplaas, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Bleskop, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Matatiele, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Overdene, ZA	monthly rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Heritage, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Clarens (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	The Meadows, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Hamelfontein, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1957	Cramond, Albert Fall, ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	37 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

1803 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1957. 1957 had 370 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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 10	242
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1