Weather Records on 11 December 1957

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1957. Highest significance: Skukuza, ZA.

Key Facts for 11 December 1957

On 11 December 1957, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 505 daily.
Skukuza set a daily record precipitation of 99.0 mm (3.9 in) on 11 December 1957.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 11 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zira	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cintalapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur City	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 11 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 11 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 215.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1957

Top 20 records on 11 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1957	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Nakodar, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Kilba, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Kotkhai, IN	monthly rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Bloomingdale, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Jullundar, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Amherst, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Zira, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Cintalapa, MX	all-time low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Keene, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	La Malbaie, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21.5 cm (8.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Manchester, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Ferozepur Sadar, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	0.2 cm (0.1 in)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Ludhiana, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	Jaen (Instituto), ES	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1957	The Forks, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 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

1796 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1957. 1957 had 517 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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 50	399
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1