Weather Records on 15 December 1957

304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1957. Highest significance: Magdeburg, DE.

Key Facts for 15 December 1957

On 15 December 1957, 304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 297 daily.
Magdeburg set a monthly record snow depth of 22.0 cm (8.7 in) on 15 December 1957.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

304 stations

304 station records on 15 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Mateo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch Fibrebrd Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatty	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abisko	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calexico 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

304 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 15 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 15 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 297.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

242 broken records

Margins by which the 242 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1957

Top 20 records on 15 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1957	Magdeburg, DE	monthly snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1957	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1957	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1957	King City, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1957	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1957	Hornepayne, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1957	Bad Muskau, DE	monthly snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1957	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high max	4.7 C (40.5 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1957	Flahult, SE	daily low min	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1957	Biser, RU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	Cottbus, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	Berkeley, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	57 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	Ozark, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	San Mateo, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	Mzimba, MW	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	Huichapan, MX	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	Redwood City, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1957	Moosomin, CA	daily high min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	52 years	25 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

1793 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 304 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	220
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1