Weather Records on 7 April 1997

1,996 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1997. Highest significance: Piaxtla, MX.

Key Facts for 7 April 1997

On 7 April 1997, 1,996 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 993 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 124 monthly and 1,867 daily.
Piaxtla set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 7 April 1997.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,996 stations

1,996 station records on 7 April 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lemmon	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Coatepec Harinas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Roscoe	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Melangata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Meedo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madang W.O.	Papua New Guinea	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milly Milly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalcazar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jingemarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Korana "Xorana"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Inza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yuin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Victoria (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Xicatlacotla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Boquilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brickhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgaranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,996 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 495, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 498, Heaviest daily rainfall 502, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 148.

Records on 7 April 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	495
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	498
Heaviest daily rainfall	502
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	148

Records on 7 April 1997 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 124, daily 1,867.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,719 broken records

Margins by which the 1,719 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1997

Top 20 records on 7 April 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1997	Piaxtla, MX	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Mount Wittenoom, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Lemmon, US	monthly snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Woolgorong, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Isseka, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Wolfridge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Nabawa, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Victor 4 N, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Coatepec Harinas, MX	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Newell, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1997	Roscoe, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1997	Melangata, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1997	Meedo, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1997	Madang W.O., PG	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1997	Edmore 4NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1997	Milly Milly, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1997	Guadalcazar, MX	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	55 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

1800 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1997. 1997 had 1,996 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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Data for records on 1997-04-07: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 April 1997
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,648
100 to 200	38
200 to 300	25
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	2