Weather Records on 10 December 1957

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1957. Highest significance: Kilba, IN.

Key Facts for 10 December 1957

On 10 December 1957, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 436 daily.
Kilba set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 10 December 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 10 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kangela, Mtubatuba	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Verblyding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Limbri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Bruno	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crisfield Somrs Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1957

Top 20 records on 10 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1957	Kilba, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Kangela, Mtubatuba, ZA	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Henbury, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Verblyding, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Middelpos (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Petrusberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Sherbrooke, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Kotkhai, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Amherst, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Crystal Falls, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Tamworth Airport, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Causapscal, CA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1957	Nicolet, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1957	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	34 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

1796 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1957. 1957 had 449 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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	337
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2