Weather Records on 7 December 1957

589 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1957. Highest significance: Neemkathana, IN.

Key Facts for 7 December 1957

On 7 December 1957, 589 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 581 daily.
Neemkathana set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 7 December 1957.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

589 stations

589 station records on 7 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maclure Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Kenzie	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jane Lew	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nuh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Versamelhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth Dam 44	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maclure Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

589 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 445, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 7 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	445
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 7 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 581.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1957

Top 20 records on 7 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1957	Neemkathana, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1957	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Limbunya, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Maclure Lake, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Union, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Augathella Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Rock Creek, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Bolton, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Tiangua, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Mexico, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Middlebourne 3 ESE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Louisiana Starks Nurse, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1957	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	38 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

1801 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1957. 1957 had 589 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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 20	445
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1