Weather Records on 15 October 1957

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1957. Highest significance: Rosenberg, US.

Key Facts for 15 October 1957

On 15 October 1957, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 448 daily.
Rosenberg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 194.8 mm (7.7 in) on 15 October 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 15 October 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reno Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Agronomy Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 October 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 October 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 155.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1957

Top 20 records on 15 October 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1957	Rosenberg, US	monthly rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1957	Crockett, US	daily rain	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1957	Marshall, US	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Sibley, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Denison, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Hilo 86A, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Longview, US	monthly rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Leola, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Iowa City, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Malvern, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Emporia 1 S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Henderson, US	monthly rain	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1957	Redfield, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 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

1794 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 461 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	341
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1