Weather Records on 23 April 1957

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1957. Highest significance: Billings Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 23 April 1957

On 23 April 1957, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
261 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 596 daily.
Billings Wtp set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 23 April 1957.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

623 stations

623 station records on 23 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hickman Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midvale	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Foxpark	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brigham City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna Lock 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pense	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frazer	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1957

Top 20 records on 23 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1957	Billings Wtp, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1957	Busby, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Gabes, TN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Alpine, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Crow Agency, US	all-time rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Woodruff, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Kalamunda, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Little Hickman Lock 8, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Laketown, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Tooele, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Kanosh, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Farson 2NNE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Madison 3NNW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Melfort, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Mtn Dell Dam, US	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Lewiston, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Davidson, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Fort Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Assiniboia, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1957	Utah Lake Lehi, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	48 years	44 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

1800 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1957. 1957 had 623 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	490
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1