Weather Records on 7 May 1957

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1957. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 7 May 1957

On 7 May 1957, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 531 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record snow depth of 25.0 cm (9.8 in) on 7 May 1957.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 7 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Benito	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 7 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 7 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 531.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1957

Top 20 records on 7 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1957	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Bisbee, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Cicero Dantas, BR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Lake Louise, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Olenja Rechka, RU	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Bologna, IT	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Lake Louise, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Sarajevo, BA	monthly low max	1.2 C (34.2 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Simao Dias (Anapolis), BR	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1957	Japaratuba, BR	daily rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1957	Golden A, CA	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1957	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1957	Oberstdorf, DE	monthly snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1957	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	monthly low max	6.6 C (43.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1957	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low max	3.6 C (38.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1957	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1957	Rio Grande City, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1957	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 May 1957	Penedo, BR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	31 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 546 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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 25	427
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2