Weather Records on 16 October 1957

354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1957. Highest significance: Gisela, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 1957

On 16 October 1957, 354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 347 daily.
Gisela set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 16 October 1957.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

354 stations

354 station records on 16 October 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ludiksdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Levy	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

354 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 October 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1957

Top 20 records on 16 October 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1957	Gisela, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Rayne 6 N, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Moorhead, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Hilo 86A, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Tuscola, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Valley City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Cleveland, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Ludiksdam, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Wynne, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Hoopeston, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Gore Bay, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1957	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	37 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

1796 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1957. 1957 had 354 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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Data for records on 1957-10-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	213
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	3