Weather Records on 14 December 1957

244 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1957. Highest significance: Huichapan, MX.

Key Facts for 14 December 1957

On 14 December 1957, 244 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 237 daily.
Huichapan set a daily record low maximum temperature of 7.8 C (46.0 F) on 14 December 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

244 stations

244 station records on 14 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valdaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ukmerge	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

244 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 237.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1957

Top 20 records on 14 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1957	Huichapan, MX	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1957	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Coorow, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Federal Pt, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	61 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	61 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily high max	16.6 C (61.9 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Hvar, HR	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Henichesk, UA	monthly high max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Buzau, RO	daily high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low max	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	65 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Osijek, HR	daily high max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Szeged, HU	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Windsor, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Graz, AT	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily high max	15.8 C (60.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1957	Feodosiia, UA	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	42 years	24 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 244 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	178
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2