Weather Records on 13 December 1957

566 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1957. Highest significance: Balfes Creek Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 December 1957

On 13 December 1957, 566 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 369 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 548 daily.
Balfes Creek Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 132.6 mm (5.2 in) on 13 December 1957.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

566 stations

566 station records on 13 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wesselsbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bergzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

566 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 253, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	253
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 548.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1957

Top 20 records on 13 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1957	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	monthly rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1957	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1957	Wesselsbron (Mun), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Greenwood, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Canguaretama, BR	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Debrecen Airport, HU	monthly high max	17.4 C (63.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Milan, IT	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	monthly low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Huichapan, MX	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	New Bern 3 NW, US	monthly low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Gingindlovu, ZA	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Hot Springs 2, US	monthly low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Wien, AT	daily high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	San Sebastian - Igueldo, ES	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Fitzgerald, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Creston, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1957	Logan Downs, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	28 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 566 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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 10	463
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1