Weather Records on 4 March 1957

294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1957. Highest significance: Boise City 2 E, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 1957

On 4 March 1957, 294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 284 daily.
Boise City 2 E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 4 March 1957.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

294 stations

294 station records on 4 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Begumganj	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhilai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puthendam	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda (Springdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Invergwali	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mala	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
G. Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kanker	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

294 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 17.

Records on 4 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 284.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1957

Top 20 records on 4 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1957	Boise City 2 E, US	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Machadodorp, ZA	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Arukutty, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Greensburg, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Uthamapalayam, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Shahpura, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Gariabund, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Conceicao, BR	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1957	Begumganj, IN	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1957	Punta Gorda, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1957	Rehli, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1957	Independencia, BR	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1957	Phulbani, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1957	Bhilai, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1957	Puthendam, IN	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1957	Pleasant Valley, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1957	Haugan 1 W, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	29 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

1801 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1957. 1957 had 294 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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	236
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1