Weather Records on 28 April 1957

614 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1957. Highest significance: Clarendon, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1957

On 28 April 1957, 614 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 590 daily.
Clarendon set a monthly record daily precipitation of 100.6 mm (4.0 in) on 28 April 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

614 stations

614 station records on 28 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sobral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Engle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

614 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 590.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

486 broken records

Margins by which the 486 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1957

Top 20 records on 28 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1957	Clarendon, US	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Hermit 8 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Intake, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Umlaas Waterworks, ZA	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery, ZA	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Centerville, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Camperdown, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Blackburn, ZA	monthly rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Des Moines, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Glen Roy, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Pearl, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Kubusie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Park Rch, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1957	Steytlerville (Mag), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	50 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

1795 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 614 records.

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

Records on 04-28 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	1
1803	1
1814	2
1817	4
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1853	1
1857	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	5
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	11
1903	3
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	19
1908	24
1909	43
1910	12
1911	29
1912	13
1913	69
1914	28
1915	46
1916	15
1917	41
1918	18
1919	63
1920	51
1921	89
1922	87
1923	126
1924	70
1925	114
1926	265
1927	132
1928	713
1929	136
1930	105
1931	291
1932	247
1933	327
1934	530
1935	430
1936	143
1937	698
1938	444
1939	356
1940	348
1941	268
1942	665
1943	442
1944	245
1945	371
1946	418
1947	547
1948	545
1949	580
1950	661
1951	617
1952	894
1953	482
1954	900
1955	583
1956	812
1957	614
1958	535
1959	647
1960	582
1961	222
1962	603
1963	568
1964	394
1965	707
1966	800
1967	947
1968	536
1969	432
1970	1,977
1971	570
1972	523
1973	915
1974	777
1975	795
1976	822
1977	533
1978	496
1979	783
1980	644
1981	967
1982	710
1983	1,156
1984	1,357
1985	959
1986	1,029
1987	1,822
1988	967
1989	1,089
1990	1,608
1991	913
1992	2,252
1993	1,191
1994	1,906
1995	726
1996	967
1997	1,784
1998	942
1999	632
2000	1,113
2001	1,015
2002	1,287
2003	958
2004	887
2005	1,056
2006	782
2007	1,340
2008	1,407
2009	979
2010	905
2011	1,161
2012	1,135
2013	721
2014	704
2015	468
2016	783
2017	829
2018	384
2019	662
2020	535
2021	482
2022	532
2023	834
2024	594
2025	650
2026	521

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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	475
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1