Weather Records on 6 December 1957

362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1957. Highest significance: Mayaguez City, PR.

Key Facts for 6 December 1957

On 6 December 1957, 362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 357 daily.
Mayaguez City set a daily record precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 6 December 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

362 stations

362 station records on 6 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Alfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mapulehu 542	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keedysville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Point 717	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

362 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 6 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 6 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 357.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1957

Top 20 records on 6 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1957	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1957	Cythera, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1957	Mount Alfred, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1957	Gemsbokfontein, ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1957	Mtn View 91, US	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1957	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1957	Brejo Santo, BR	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1957	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1957	Warsaw 1, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	El Reno 1 N, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	Mapulehu 542, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	Eldon, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	Burlington, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	Lockwood, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	Forest Grove, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	Haina 214, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	Keedysville, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	Fayette, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1957	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

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

1804 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1957. 1957 had 362 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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 25	255
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1