Weather Records on 15 November 1957

448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1957. Highest significance: Gondal, IN.

Key Facts for 15 November 1957

On 15 November 1957, 448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 445 daily.
Gondal set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 15 November 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

448 stations

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

Weather records on 15 November 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vivian	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amreli	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pandharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bersimis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arendtsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athani	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.1 C (-25.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish 9 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

448 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 November 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 November 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1957

Top 20 records on 15 November 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1957	Gondal, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1957	Khandala, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1957	Chuda, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Academy 2NE, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Jasdan, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Ratnagiri, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Vaduj, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Wai, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Vivian, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	W Branch 3SE, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Satara, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Akluj, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Kolhapur, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Medha, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Stratford, CA	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Koregaon, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1957	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	36 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 448 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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Data for records on 1957-11-15: 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 20	332
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2