Weather Records on 15 April 1957

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 1957. Highest significance: Cwebe, ZA.

Key Facts for 15 April 1957

On 15 April 1957, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 374 daily.
Cwebe set a daily record precipitation of 121.5 mm (4.8 in) on 15 April 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

378 stations

378 station records on 15 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Benito	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pattanamphitta	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Midale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 15 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 15 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

308 broken records

Margins by which the 308 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 1957

Top 20 records on 15 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 1957	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1957	Baturite, BR	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1957	Rio Grande City, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1957	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low min	2.9 C (37.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1957	Bremerton, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1957	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1957	Brownsville, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1957	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Barrie, CA	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Alice, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	San Benito, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Arrilalah Telegraph Off, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Cherdyn', RU	monthly rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Mission 4 W, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Mulungu, BR	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	69 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Boetsap (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	57 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1957	Bantwal, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	28 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 378 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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 20	296
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1