Weather Records on 4 April 1957

984 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1957. Highest significance: Brownsville Lock 6, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 1957

On 4 April 1957, 984 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 923 daily.
Brownsville Lock 6 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 121.2 mm (4.8 in) on 4 April 1957.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

984 stations

984 station records on 4 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brownsville Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miamisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

984 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 475, Heaviest daily snowfall 228, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 4 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	475
Heaviest daily snowfall	228
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 4 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 58, daily 923.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

864 broken records

Margins by which the 864 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1957

Top 20 records on 4 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1957	Brownsville Lock 6, US	monthly rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1957	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1957	Ridgway, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1957	Le Mars, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Binghamton Wb City, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	High Brg Lock 7, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Versailles, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Defiance, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Murdo, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Winner, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Lynch, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1957	Layton 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	52 years	51 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

1794 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 984 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 1957-04-04: 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	718
50 to 100	93
100 to 150	33
150 to 200	15
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1