Weather Records on 5 April 1920

94 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1920. Highest significance: Barrie, CA.

Key Facts for 5 April 1920

On 5 April 1920, 94 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 83 daily.
Barrie set a daily record snowfall of 19.3 cm (7.6 in) on 5 April 1920.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

94 stations

94 station records on 5 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
North Bruce	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toongabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

94 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 40, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 5 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 83.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

82 broken records

Margins by which the 82 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 155.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1920

Top 20 records on 5 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1920	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1920	Burlington, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1920	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1920	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1920	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Gardiner, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Columbia Wb City, US	monthly low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Plymouth, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Cornwall, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Edmonton, CA	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	North Bruce, CA	monthly snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Hanover, US	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Concord, US	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Barrie, CA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Toongabbie, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Toledo Blade, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Minnedosa, CA	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1920	Banff, CA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	10 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

1809 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1920. 1920 had 94 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	74
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1