Weather Records on 28 March 1957

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1957. Highest significance: Laura Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 28 March 1957

On 28 March 1957, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 265 daily.
Laura Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 184.2 mm (7.3 in) on 28 March 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 28 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	309.9 mm (12.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.6 mm (10.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chaurai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dhuti	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salgueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Borina	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raisen	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 28 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 28 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 265.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

242 broken records

Margins by which the 242 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 291.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1957

Top 20 records on 28 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1957	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1957	Khurai, IN	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Maytown, AU	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Mossman Post Office, AU	daily rain	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	291.6 mm (11.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Amiandos, CY	monthly rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	152.6 mm (6.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Ayton, AU	daily rain	309.9 mm (12.2 in)	215.2 mm (8.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	265.2 mm (10.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	259.6 mm (10.2 in)	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Mount Molloy Post Office, AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Mowbray, AU	daily rain	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Chaurai, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Dhuti, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Weslaco, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1957	Virden, CA	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	65 years	33 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

1805 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1957. 1957 had 272 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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 50	223
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2