Weather Records on 14 April 1957

518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1957. Highest significance: Kahuku 912, US.

Key Facts for 14 April 1957

On 14 April 1957, 518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 325 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 509 daily.
Kahuku 912 set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 14 April 1957.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

518 stations

518 station records on 14 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskop (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Riacho Do Sangue	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Throckmorton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

518 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 192, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 14 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	192
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 14 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1957

Top 20 records on 14 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1957	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1957	Rio Grande City, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1957	Brownsville, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1957	Spitskop (Agr), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1957	Georgetown, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1957	Brackettville, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1957	Greenville, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1957	Uvalde, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Buntzen Lake, CA	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Gainesville, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Ntywenka (Bos), ZA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Blanco, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Maclear (Mag), ZA	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	59 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Nhill, AU	daily low min	0.5 C (32.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	59 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Mahackala, RU	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	74 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Gold Run 4 SW, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Bowie, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1957	Burnet, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	31 years	29 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

1801 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1957. 1957 had 518 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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 10	380
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1