Weather Records on 5 April 1931

162 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1931. Highest significance: Ocala, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1931

On 5 April 1931, 162 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 153 daily.
Ocala set a daily record precipitation of 77.7 mm (3.1 in) on 5 April 1931.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

162 stations

162 station records on 5 April 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hirekerur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

162 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 April 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 April 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1931

Top 20 records on 5 April 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1931	Ocala, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1931	Badagara, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1931	Kuttiadi, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1931	St Augustine, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Eustis 2 S, US	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Elatma, RU	monthly low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Tot-Ma, RU	monthly low min	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Muvattupuzha, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Sotchi, RU	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Hirekerur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Niznij Novgorod, RU	monthly low min	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Lugansk, UA	monthly low min	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Adur, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1931	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily low max	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	38 years	21 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1931. 1931 had 162 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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Data for records on 1931-04-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	137
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1