Weather Records on 1 April 1920

65 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1920. Highest significance: Chattanooga Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 1920

On 1 April 1920, 65 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 60 daily.
Chattanooga Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 115.1 mm (4.5 in) on 1 April 1920.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

65 stations

65 station records on 1 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

65 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 17.

Records on 1 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 60.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

55 broken records

Margins by which the 55 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1920

Top 20 records on 1 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1920	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1920	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Spokane Intl AP, US	monthly low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Banff, CA	monthly low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Brandon Cda, CA	monthly low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	St Albans, CA	monthly low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Edmonton, CA	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Madison Wb City, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high max	34.1 C (93.4 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Swift Current, CA	monthly low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Durham, GB	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1920	Buffalo, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	18 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

1803 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1920. 1920 had 65 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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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	53
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1