Weather Records on 7 April 1955

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1955. Highest significance: Sao Joao Do Cariri, BR.

Key Facts for 7 April 1955

On 7 April 1955, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 195 daily.
Sao Joao Do Cariri set a daily record precipitation of 89.0 mm (3.5 in) on 7 April 1955.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 7 April 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sao Joao Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Areia Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baramba	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bahty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Glenrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 7 April 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 7 April 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

163 broken records

Margins by which the 163 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1955

Top 20 records on 7 April 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1955	Sao Joao Do Cariri, BR	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Rapelje, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Drevja, NO	daily snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Weribone, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1955	Acu, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1955	Santa Cruz, BR	monthly rain	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1955	Amite, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1955	Quorn, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1955	Boras, SE	daily low max	3.2 C (37.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	66 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1955	Andrews, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1955	Curtis, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	55 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1955	Effingham, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	55 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1955	Areia Branca, BR	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1955	Quorn, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	25 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

1800 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1955. 1955 had 198 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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 100	157
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1