Weather Records on 13 April 1957

714 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1957. Highest significance: Durham, CA.

Key Facts for 13 April 1957

On 13 April 1957, 714 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 576 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 650 daily.
Durham set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 13 April 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

714 stations

714 station records on 13 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Okay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

714 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 313, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 263, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 13 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	313
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	263
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 13 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 64, daily 650.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1957

Top 20 records on 13 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1957	Durham, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1957	Staunton Wtp, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Tambe (Itambe), BR	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Tahlequah, US	monthly snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Sherman, US	monthly low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	monthly low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Upper Stewiacke, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Crosbyton, US	monthly low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Hillsboro, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Medha, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Dublin 2SE, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Guarabira, BR	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Neosho, US	monthly low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Boerne, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Gainesville, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1957	Greifswald, DE	monthly low min	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1957	Norman 3SSE, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1957	Bowie, US	monthly low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1957	Fredericksburg, US	monthly low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	49 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

1798 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1957. 1957 had 714 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	510
2017	454
2018	914
2019	736
2020	2,051
2021	465
2022	2,173
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	849

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Data for records on 1957-04-13: 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 20	558
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3