Weather Records on 11 October 1957

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1957. Highest significance: Ojai, US.

Key Facts for 11 October 1957

On 11 October 1957, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 255 daily.
Ojai set a daily record precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 11 October 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

258 stations

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

Weather records on 11 October 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haarlem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Excelsior (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaudan-In-Turkmen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Monica	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upland	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valyermo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 11 October 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 October 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 255.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1957

Top 20 records on 11 October 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1957	Ojai, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1957	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1957	Jaen (Instituto), ES	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1957	Baku, AZ	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Madrid, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	San Gabriel Canyon Ph, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Astrakan, RU	daily low max	2.7 C (36.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Coupeville 1 S, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Biser, RU	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Doornbult, ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Opids Camp Fc 57 Be, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Marre-Sale, RU	daily low min	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	8.2 C (14.8 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Kazan, RU	daily low min	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Middelkop, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Mill Creek 2, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Clearwater, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1957	Perm, RU	daily low min	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	62 years	26 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 258 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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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	174
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2