Weather Records on 7 April 1932

132 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1932. Highest significance: Essendon 1, AU.

Key Facts for 7 April 1932

On 7 April 1932, 132 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 130 daily.
Essendon 1 set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 7 April 1932.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

132 stations

132 station records on 7 April 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Kergunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moorook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blinkbonnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.9 C (-27.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

132 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 April 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 April 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 130.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

112 broken records

Margins by which the 112 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1932

Top 20 records on 7 April 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1932	Essendon 1, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1932	Caguas, PR	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Calumet, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Ishpeming, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Escanaba, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Meadow Valley Rs, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Tbilisi, GE	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Brocken, DE	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Pitea, SE	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Port Arthur, CA	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1932	Virajpet, IN	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 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

1800 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1932. 1932 had 132 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 April 1932
Margin	Records
0 to 10	90
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1