Weather Records on 9 October 1957

256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1957. Highest significance: Upper Lake 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1957

On 9 October 1957, 256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 250 daily.
Upper Lake 2 N set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 9 October 1957.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

256 stations

256 station records on 9 October 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

256 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 88.

Records on 9 October 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 October 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 250.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1957

Top 20 records on 9 October 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1957	Upper Lake 2 N, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	Pearsall, US	monthly rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	Ft Ross, US	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	Graton, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	Broederstroom (Bos), ZA	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	Uvalde, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1957	Kanjirapally, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1957	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1957	Lihue 1020, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1957	Menard, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1957	Tashkent, UZ	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1957	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1957	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1957	Lakeport 2, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1957	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1957	Middlekop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	25 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

1793 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 256 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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	177
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1