Weather Records on 7 April 1959

384 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1959. Highest significance: Punaluu 884, US.

Key Facts for 7 April 1959

On 7 April 1959, 384 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 372 daily.
Punaluu 884 set a daily record precipitation of 129.8 mm (5.1 in) on 7 April 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

384 stations

384 station records on 7 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Punaluu 884	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Siljansfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dunham River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leupp	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karsakpaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

384 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 7 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 372.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1959

Top 20 records on 7 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1959	Punaluu 884, US	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1959	Atlatlahuacan, MX	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1959	Limbunya, AU	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1959	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1959	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1959	Flora Valley Old, AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Ord River, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Kallatty, IN	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Texas Downs, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low max	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	74 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	La Grange 1N, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Gordon Downs, AU	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Margaret River Station, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Kayenta, US	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Long Prairie, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Salekhard, RU	daily low min	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	62 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1959	Montagu (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	54 years	26 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

1800 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1959. 1959 had 384 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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	274
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1