Weather Records on 8 November 1957

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1957. Highest significance: New Madrid, US.

Key Facts for 8 November 1957

On 8 November 1957, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 403 daily.
New Madrid set a daily record precipitation of 82.3 mm (3.2 in) on 8 November 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 8 November 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Wier	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 8 November 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 8 November 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 403.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1957

Top 20 records on 8 November 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1957	New Madrid, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1957	Aschersleben, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Haliyal, IN	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Kapuskasing Cda, CA	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Coondapur, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Irvington, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Manantoddy, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Vayittiri, IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Corning, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Golconda River, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Sampagaon-Bailh, IN	monthly rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Kapuskasing Cda, CA	all-time snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Osceola, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1957	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 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 418 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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Data for records on 1957-11-08: 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 50	354
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1