Weather Records on 5 April 1917

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1917. Highest significance: Lindsay, CA.

Key Facts for 5 April 1917

On 5 April 1917, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 43 daily.
Lindsay set a daily record snowfall of 14.2 cm (5.6 in) on 5 April 1917.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 5 April 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Goona (Nure)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 April 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 April 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1917

Top 20 records on 5 April 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1917	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1917	Southampton, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1917	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Gospic, HR	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Toronto, CA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Roermond, NL	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Arnsberg, DE	daily snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	6 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Bird Rocks, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Marree Comparison, AU	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Ida, ZA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Maccue, CA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	31 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	State College, US	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	28 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1917	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 years	12 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

1809 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1917. 1917 had 43 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	32
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1