Weather Records on 7 April 1957

293 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1957. Highest significance: Buena Vista 2S, US.

Key Facts for 7 April 1957

On 7 April 1957, 293 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 282 daily.
Buena Vista 2S set a daily record snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 7 April 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

293 stations

293 station records on 7 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Grande (Augusto Severo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Foxpark	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sardhana	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

293 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 7 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 7 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 282.

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 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1957

Top 20 records on 7 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1957	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Leamington, CA	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Pitkin, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Goshen 3SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Canon City, US	monthly snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Barra, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Harrow Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Erie Intl AP, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Kathghora, IN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1957	Idaho Springs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1957	Sedgwick, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1957	Academy 2NE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1957	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1957	Ambari, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1957	Rush 1N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1957	Srinagar, IN	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1957	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	22 years	30 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1957. 1957 had 293 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 50	208
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1