Weather Records on 13 October 1957

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1957. Highest significance: Winters 9 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 13 October 1957

On 13 October 1957, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 620 daily.
Winters 9 NNE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 172.7 mm (6.8 in) on 13 October 1957.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 13 October 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winters 9 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Sal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 131, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 October 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	131
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 October 1957 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 620.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

515 broken records

Margins by which the 515 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1957

Top 20 records on 13 October 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1957	Winters 9 NNE, US	all-time rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Saint John, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Collbran, US	all-time rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Crested Butte, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Cedaredge, US	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	De Sabla, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Dobbins Colgate Foreba, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Kentfield, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Orland, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Putnam, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Graton, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Paonia 1SW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Colgate Powerhouse, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Santa Rosa, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Daroca, ES	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Eastland, US	all-time rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Gold Run 4 SW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1957	Las Plumas, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	43 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 629 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	776

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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	451
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1