Weather Records on 4 April 1931

201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1931. Highest significance: Booroondara Tank, AU.

Key Facts for 4 April 1931

On 4 April 1931, 201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 190 daily.
Booroondara Tank set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 4 April 1931.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

201 stations

201 station records on 4 April 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Booroondara Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Herrs Island Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

201 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 April 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 April 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 190.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

177 broken records

Margins by which the 177 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1931

Top 20 records on 4 April 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1931	Booroondara Tank, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1931	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1931	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1931	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1931	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1931	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1931	Fairmont, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1931	Minsk, BY	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	West Newton, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Hosanagar, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	monthly low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Falmouth, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Katherine Council, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Sathenapalli, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Wheeling (1), US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1931	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	24 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

1794 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1931. 1931 had 201 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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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 50	176
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1