Weather Records on 17 April 1936

308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 1936. Highest significance: Muenster, DE.

Key Facts for 17 April 1936

On 17 April 1936, 308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 282 daily.
Muenster set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 17 April 1936.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

308 stations

308 station records on 17 April 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

308 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 April 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 April 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 282.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 1936

Top 20 records on 17 April 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 1936	Muenster, DE	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1936	Altastenberg, DE	monthly rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1936	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Winterswijk, NL	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Kaiserslautern, DE	monthly rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Denekamp, NL	monthly rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Wangerooge, DE	monthly rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Husum, DE	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1936	Tucson WFO, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1936	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1936	Maseskar, SE	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1936	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1936	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1936	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1936	Hempstead, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1936	Brome, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	27 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

1799 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1936. 1936 had 308 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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 10	226
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2