Weather Records on 8 April 1957

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1957. Highest significance: Angola, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 1957

On 8 April 1957, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 370 daily.
Angola set a monthly record daily snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 8 April 1957.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 8 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 90, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 8 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	90
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 8 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 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

8 April 1957

Top 20 records on 8 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1957	Angola, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1957	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Monroe, US	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Wauseon Wtp, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Columbia City, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Linesville 1 S, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Parker 1 E, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Montpelier, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Watseka Public Works, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Huntington, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Goshen 3SW, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Lagarto, BR	monthly rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Lincoln, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Angola, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Findlay Wpcc, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Warruwi, AU	monthly rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Estancia, BR	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1957	Westcliffe, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	13.4 C (24.1 F)	20 years	39 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

1798 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1957. 1957 had 397 records.

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

Records on 04-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1809	3
1815	1
1830	1
1837	1
1838	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	5
1865	1
1866	1
1871	3
1877	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	4
1890	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	9
1903	9
1904	7
1905	20
1906	4
1907	20
1908	18
1909	16
1910	20
1911	17
1912	84
1913	8
1914	42
1915	69
1916	100
1917	42
1918	43
1919	82
1920	90
1921	440
1922	117
1923	109
1924	194
1925	184
1926	164
1927	160
1928	450
1929	614
1930	261
1931	447
1932	105
1933	158
1934	190
1935	523
1936	662
1937	129
1938	813
1939	707
1940	254
1941	235
1942	359
1943	534
1944	283
1945	669
1946	337
1947	263
1948	569
1949	206
1950	932
1951	244
1952	562
1953	519
1954	322
1955	306
1956	621
1957	397
1958	360
1959	421
1960	366
1961	623
1962	470
1963	566
1964	814
1965	473
1966	315
1967	568
1968	499
1969	765
1970	399
1971	798
1972	1,636
1973	1,104
1974	559
1975	1,410
1976	383
1977	1,469
1978	822
1979	446
1980	755
1981	736
1982	2,690
1983	1,321
1984	1,041
1985	826
1986	901
1987	783
1988	1,224
1989	1,360
1990	907
1991	1,886
1992	534
1993	706
1994	678
1995	812
1996	1,289
1997	2,009
1998	1,101
1999	1,221
2000	817
2001	1,865
2002	761
2003	1,918
2004	676
2005	976
2006	680
2007	2,681
2008	896
2009	1,027
2010	1,128
2011	1,197
2012	407
2013	711
2014	715
2015	825
2016	924
2017	584
2018	1,745
2019	826
2020	916
2021	742
2022	930
2023	585
2024	1,256
2025	484
2026	407

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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 25	214
25 to 50	48
50 to 75	33
75 to 100	11
100 to 125	9
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1