Weather Records on 3 April 1957

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1957. Highest significance: Russellville, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 1957

On 3 April 1957, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 623 daily.
Russellville set a daily record precipitation of 138.9 mm (5.5 in) on 3 April 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 3 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bhainsdehi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Camargo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turnpike	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lucerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 366, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 3 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 3 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1957

Top 20 records on 3 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1957	Russellville, US	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1957	Mahroni, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1957	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1957	Subiaco, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Tuscola, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Bhainsdehi, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Camargo, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Malvern, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Perryville, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Farmington, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Alliance 1WNW, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Okmulgee Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Turnpike, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Rockville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Winfield 3NE, US	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1957	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	47 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 660 records.

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

Records on 04-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	3
1830	1
1838	1
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1862	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	4
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	4
1880	2
1881	5
1882	1
1883	3
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	2
1898	3
1899	6
1900	12
1901	15
1902	2
1903	14
1904	2
1905	20
1906	9
1907	8
1908	14
1909	17
1910	25
1911	26
1912	19
1913	41
1914	28
1915	47
1916	159
1917	48
1918	20
1919	29
1920	60
1921	108
1922	24
1923	80
1924	207
1925	94
1926	205
1927	85
1928	378
1929	582
1930	148
1931	224
1932	308
1933	269
1934	732
1935	464
1936	1,264
1937	308
1938	216
1939	325
1940	500
1941	308
1942	334
1943	478
1944	760
1945	1,032
1946	683
1947	421
1948	313
1949	354
1950	713
1951	487
1952	243
1953	290
1954	1,051
1955	472
1956	842
1957	660
1958	591
1959	537
1960	506
1961	665
1962	353
1963	1,010
1964	615
1965	561
1966	437
1967	439
1968	446
1969	345
1970	572
1971	590
1972	732
1973	417
1974	877
1975	2,015
1976	340
1977	898
1978	498
1979	997
1980	713
1981	1,264
1982	1,183
1983	832
1984	1,046
1985	804
1986	634
1987	1,577
1988	975
1989	951
1990	1,018
1991	719
1992	1,974
1993	812
1994	574
1995	675
1996	736
1997	1,155
1998	1,051
1999	1,486
2000	1,167
2001	890
2002	1,190
2003	971
2004	840
2005	1,138
2006	776
2007	874
2008	935
2009	1,008
2010	1,325
2011	1,491
2012	1,027
2013	847
2014	796
2015	528
2016	637
2017	570
2018	1,085
2019	535
2020	916
2021	1,250
2022	721
2023	1,289
2024	1,027
2025	1,476
2026	725

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Data for records on 1957-04-03: 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 25	443
25 to 50	71
50 to 75	18
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	3