Weather Records on 23 September 1957

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 1957. Highest significance: Schenley Lock 5, US.

Key Facts for 23 September 1957

On 23 September 1957, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 527 daily.
Schenley Lock 5 set a daily record precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 23 September 1957.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 23 September 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheenspost	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marquard - Pol 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scranton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moreson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houmoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boschkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aardoorns	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 334, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 September 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 September 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 527.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 1957

Top 20 records on 23 September 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 1957	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 September 1957	Bethlehem, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 September 1957	Lambertina, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	North End, ZA	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Witsieshoek, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Lancaster, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Sheenspost, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Marquard - Pol 29, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Nixon, US	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Scranton, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Moreson, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Glen Morgan, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Clarens (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Alice, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1957	Likatlong, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	44 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

1793 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 539 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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	389
20 to 40	62
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1