Weather Records on 24 April 1957

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1957. Highest significance: Owen Sound, CA.

Key Facts for 24 April 1957

On 24 April 1957, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
433 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 616 daily.
Owen Sound set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 24 April 1957.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

631 stations

631 station records on 24 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magnetawan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munnar	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 342, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 24 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	342
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 616.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1957

Top 20 records on 24 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1957	Owen Sound, CA	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1957	Hiram, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Hana 354, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Colachel Salt Fa, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Magnetawan, CA	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Eraniel, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Huntsville, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Bumping Lake, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Munnar, IN	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	The Pas, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Washington, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1957	Farrell Sharon, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	35 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

1799 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1957. 1957 had 631 records.

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

Records on 04-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1809	1
1812	2
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1839	1
1842	1
1843	1
1852	3
1854	4
1855	2
1857	3
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1874	2
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	6
1900	1
1901	10
1902	3
1903	22
1904	9
1905	16
1906	25
1907	12
1908	21
1909	25
1910	46
1911	19
1912	11
1913	39
1914	15
1915	54
1916	24
1917	46
1918	112
1919	88
1920	51
1921	34
1922	56
1923	97
1924	155
1925	465
1926	353
1927	352
1928	319
1929	150
1930	659
1931	366
1932	218
1933	224
1934	297
1935	222
1936	188
1937	567
1938	191
1939	557
1940	501
1941	262
1942	614
1943	577
1944	571
1945	414
1946	487
1947	261
1948	501
1949	363
1950	635
1951	351
1952	507
1953	390
1954	547
1955	670
1956	642
1957	631
1958	693
1959	414
1960	1,283
1961	1,149
1962	669
1963	361
1964	498
1965	473
1966	539
1967	1,176
1968	897
1969	547
1970	963
1971	770
1972	398
1973	394
1974	708
1975	628
1976	523
1977	1,035
1978	389
1979	664
1980	1,157
1981	1,104
1982	862
1983	1,344
1984	745
1985	744
1986	1,009
1987	775
1988	756
1989	1,776
1990	1,208
1991	605
1992	669
1993	1,015
1994	862
1995	1,609
1996	1,273
1997	1,227
1998	1,085
1999	1,148
2000	1,110
2001	1,146
2002	1,052
2003	851
2004	774
2005	1,747
2006	844
2007	1,156
2008	799
2009	1,056
2010	753
2011	1,018
2012	2,024
2013	1,572
2014	494
2015	566
2016	480
2017	747
2018	740
2019	863
2020	544
2021	471
2022	596
2023	745
2024	387
2025	433
2026	571

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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	444
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1