Weather Records on 7 October 1957

567 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1957. Highest significance: Artichoke Lake 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 1957

On 7 October 1957, 567 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 283 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 560 daily.
Artichoke Lake 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 7 October 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

567 stations

567 station records on 7 October 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tshatsheni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoult Lock 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stony River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlgren Weapons Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jane Lew	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

567 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 209, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 7 October 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	209
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 7 October 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 560.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

479 broken records

Margins by which the 479 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1957

Top 20 records on 7 October 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1957	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Tshatsheni (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Cumberland, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Winchester 7 SE, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Fernie, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Beardsley, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Piedmont, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Hyndman, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Riverton, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Hoult Lock 15, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Stony River Dam, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Chapman, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1957	Corona, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	36 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

1802 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1957. 1957 had 567 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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	437
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1