Weather Records on 19 April 1957

576 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1957. Highest significance: Forman 5 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 19 April 1957

On 19 April 1957, 576 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
225 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 551 daily.
Forman 5 SSE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 93.7 mm (3.7 in) on 19 April 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

576 stations

576 station records on 19 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trotters 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

576 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 551.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

479 broken records

Margins by which the 479 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

19 April 1957

Top 20 records on 19 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1957	Forman 5 SSE, US	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1957	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1957	Tasman Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Breeza (Main Street), AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Bemidji, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Waco, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	La Pryor, US	monthly rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Redfield, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Middleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Snug Primary School, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Chapleau 2, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Woodbridge, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Sunnyside Farm, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Turbine, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Sherman, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Eagle Pass 3N, US	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1957	Bowdle, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	44 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

1807 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1957. 1957 had 576 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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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	354
10 to 20	58
20 to 30	40
30 to 40	21
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1