Weather Records on 26 November 1957

353 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1957. Highest significance: Ormley, AU.

Key Facts for 26 November 1957

On 26 November 1957, 353 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 345 daily.
Ormley set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 26 November 1957.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

353 stations

353 station records on 26 November 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Robeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Treatment Plant)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cochrane	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

353 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 November 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 November 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1957

Top 20 records on 26 November 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1957	Ormley, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1957	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1957	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1957	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1957	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Kingston, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Snug Primary School, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Colebrook (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Waddamana Field Study Centre, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Silvan, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1957	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	48 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

1838 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1957. 1957 had 353 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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Data for records on 1957-11-26: 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 25	262
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1