Weather Records on 1 February 1957

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1957. Highest significance: Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1957

On 1 February 1957, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 514 daily.
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 1 February 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 1 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mayneside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albertville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.2 cm (24.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kangela, Mtubatuba	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.2 C (-53.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altapass	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 1 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 1 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1957

Top 20 records on 1 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1957	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1957	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1957	Water Valley, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Weldon, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Fulton, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Parksville, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Hot Springs 2, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Hope 3 NE, US	monthly rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Nongoma, ZA	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Mayneside, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Cleveland, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Marshall, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Khorog, TJ	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Albertville 2 SE, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Randleman, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1957	Idaho City, US	all-time snowfall	61.2 cm (24.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	17 years	40 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

1795 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 539 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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	385
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1