Weather Records on 15 April 1959

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 1959. Highest significance: Zacapu (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 15 April 1959

On 15 April 1959, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 301 daily.
Zacapu (Smn) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 15 April 1959.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 15 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zacapu (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madoonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cotija	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

254 broken records

Margins by which the 254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 1959

Top 20 records on 15 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 1959	Zacapu (Smn), MX	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1959	Angamacutiro, MX	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1959	Uruapan (Smn), MX	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1959	Trout Creek 2 W, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1959	Zitacuaro, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1959	Zamora (Obs), MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1959	Wallace, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1959	Madoonga, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1959	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1959	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1959	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1959	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1959	Manantoddy, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1959	Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn), MX	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1959	Yurecuaro, MX	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1959	Jonkoping, SE	monthly high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1959	Storlien, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1959	Kooskia, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1959	Huetamo, MX	daily low max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1959	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	28 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

1801 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1959. 1959 had 314 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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 10	224
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1