Weather Records on 1 December 1957

295 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1957. Highest significance: Hvar, HR.

Key Facts for 1 December 1957

On 1 December 1957, 295 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 192 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 291 daily.
Hvar set a daily record low maximum temperature of 2.0 C (35.6 F) on 1 December 1957.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

295 stations

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

Weather records on 1 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murgab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

295 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 16.

Records on 1 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

228 broken records

Margins by which the 228 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1957

Top 20 records on 1 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1957	Hvar, HR	daily low max	2.0 C (35.6 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1957	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1957	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1957	Bulloo Downs, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1957	Iguape, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1957	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1957	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1957	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Regensburg, DE	daily low min	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Riva, IT	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Halaula 1110, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Sonnblick, AT	daily low min	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Huichapan, MX	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Brackettville, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Burnet, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Sonnblick, AT	daily low max	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Altastenberg, DE	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	67 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Kiev, UA	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1957	Biloxi, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	27 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

1797 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1957. 1957 had 295 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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	203
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2