Weather Records on 2 April 1957

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1957. Highest significance: Lake Moraine, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 1957

On 2 April 1957, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 462 daily.
Lake Moraine set a daily record precipitation of 104.9 mm (4.1 in) on 2 April 1957.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 2 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arriba	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	52.3 cm (20.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.2 cm (16.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 18, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1957

Top 20 records on 2 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1957	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1957	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1957	Idaho Springs, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1957	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32.2 cm (12.7 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Las Animas, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Tres Piedras, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho), BR	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Canon City, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Cheesman, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Parker 6 E, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Salida, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Monument 2 WSW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Monument 2 WSW, US	daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Ravenshill, ZA	monthly rain	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Estes Park, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Idaho Springs, US	daily snowfall	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Pueblo City Rsvr, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Tres Piedras, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1957	Arriba, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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

1815 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1957. 1957 had 486 records.

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

Records on 04-02 in each year
Year	Records
1815	3
1819	1
1830	1
1841	1
1843	1
1848	2
1852	2
1855	2
1856	1
1872	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1897	5
1898	1
1899	5
1900	12
1901	3
1902	2
1903	12
1904	12
1905	15
1906	7
1907	20
1908	13
1909	14
1910	22
1911	40
1912	25
1913	29
1914	64
1915	28
1916	67
1917	65
1918	68
1919	52
1920	62
1921	80
1922	21
1923	105
1924	303
1925	128
1926	205
1927	226
1928	271
1929	203
1930	162
1931	474
1932	455
1933	157
1934	266
1935	449
1936	1,239
1937	142
1938	279
1939	265
1940	568
1941	276
1942	172
1943	323
1944	532
1945	1,161
1946	983
1947	373
1948	452
1949	437
1950	436
1951	307
1952	307
1953	386
1954	610
1955	311
1956	834
1957	486
1958	553
1959	1,145
1960	414
1961	701
1962	459
1963	1,391
1964	806
1965	594
1966	492
1967	809
1968	391
1969	416
1970	1,325
1971	484
1972	467
1973	647
1974	808
1975	1,679
1976	592
1977	669
1978	711
1979	780
1980	567
1981	952
1982	1,026
1983	890
1984	1,021
1985	922
1986	751
1987	941
1988	1,084
1989	1,037
1990	1,203
1991	626
1992	1,835
1993	837
1994	492
1995	649
1996	1,080
1997	952
1998	1,060
1999	1,443
2000	860
2001	810
2002	1,272
2003	1,114
2004	893
2005	1,141
2006	794
2007	968
2008	838
2009	984
2010	1,394
2011	1,419
2012	1,515
2013	706
2014	577
2015	490
2016	661
2017	622
2018	1,439
2019	695
2020	1,127
2021	1,164
2022	577
2023	671
2024	1,044
2025	1,273
2026	780

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Data for records on 1957-04-02: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	402
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1