The Year in Rain & Snow
1957
107%
ran at 107% of normal — wetter than usual — across 372 cities, the 17th wettest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1957
10.0in
Gulfport, MS · Sep 18
Snowiest Station of 1957
168.1in
Yakutat, AK · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1957
Daily Rainfall Records Set
1,200
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1957 that still stand today
National Precipitation
107%
of the 1996–2025 average across 372 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1957 precipitation as a percent of its 1996–2025 normal — brown where the year ran dry, green-to-blue where it ran wet.
Month by Month
Precipitation by month as a percent of normal — blue above the line is a wet month, amber below is dry.
102%J
100%F
101%M
129%A
139%M
112%J
75%J
78%A
118%S
127%O
135%N
91%D
Wettest Stations & States
Wettest Stations of 1957
| 1 | Pueblo CO | 197% |
| 2 | Klamath Falls OR | 187% |
| 3 | El Centro CA | 179% |
| 4 | Grand Junction CO | 176% |
| 5 | Winslow AZ | 173% |
| 6 | Yuma AZ | 171% |
| 7 | Lander WY | 170% |
| 8 | Dequeen AR | 169% |
| 9 | Sarasota-Bradenton FL | 168% |
| 10 | Austin-Bergstrom Airport TX | 165% |
Driest Stations of 1957
| 1 | Fairbanks AK | 46% |
| 2 | Portland ME | 55% |
| 3 | Juneau AK | 59% |
| 4 | Providence RI | 61% |
| 5 | Trenton NJ | 63% |
| 6 | Bangor ME | 65% |
| 7 | Middletown-Harrisburg PA | 65% |
| 8 | Milton MA | 65% |
| 9 | Albany NY | 66% |
| 10 | Bridgeport CT | 66% |
By State
Wettest states of 1957
Colorado161%Arizona144%Arkansas143%Wyoming142%Texas131%Oklahoma130%
Driest states of 1957
Rhode Island61%Connecticut66%Guam71%Massachusetts72%New Jersey73%New Hampshire74%
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