Weather Records on 1 May 1957

359 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1957. Highest significance: Crested Butte, US.

Key Facts for 1 May 1957

On 1 May 1957, 359 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 350 daily.
Crested Butte set a monthly record snow depth of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 1 May 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

359 stations

359 station records on 1 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Primrose Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

359 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

261 broken records

Margins by which the 261 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

1 May 1957

Top 20 records on 1 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1957	Crested Butte, US	monthly snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1957	Bay Minette, US	monthly rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1957	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1957	Primrose Farm, US	monthly rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1957	Gokak, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1957	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1957	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1957	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Poplar 2 E, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Manitowoc, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Vale, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	59 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Calarasi, RO	monthly low min	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1957	Charlottetown Cda, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 years	27 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

1795 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 359 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 1957-05-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	256
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1