Weather Records on 19 December 1957

984 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1957. Highest significance: Mt Carroll, US.

Key Facts for 19 December 1957

On 19 December 1957, 984 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
747 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 982 daily.
Mt Carroll set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 19 December 1957.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

984 stations

984 station records on 19 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

984 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 319, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 428, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 19 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	319
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	428
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 19 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 982.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

808 broken records

Margins by which the 808 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1957

Top 20 records on 19 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1957	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Poronajsk, RU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Clinton 2, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Garden Valley, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Walnut, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Tirupoondi, IN	daily rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Ukiah, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Parkdale, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Nominingue, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Simcoe, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Simcoe, CA	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Belleville, CA	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Woodstock, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1957	Brockville, CA	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1957	Port Stanley, CA	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1957	Council, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 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

1793 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 984 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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Data for records on 1957-12-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	801
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1