Weather Records on 20 April 1936

311 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 1936. Highest significance: Ulricehamn, SE.

Key Facts for 20 April 1936

On 20 April 1936, 311 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 308 daily.
Ulricehamn set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 20 April 1936.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

311 stations

311 station records on 20 April 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

311 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 66, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 20 April 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 20 April 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

245 broken records

Margins by which the 245 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 1936

Top 20 records on 20 April 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 1936	Ulricehamn, SE	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1936	Boras, SE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1936	Arnsberg, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1936	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Saunur(Savnur), IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Mekliganj, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Ocala, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Eskdale, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Centerville, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Rushville, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Muenster, DE	daily rain	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Aachen, DE	daily rain	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Barrie, CA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Prahran (Como House), AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Uccle, BE	daily rain	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1936	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	10 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

1807 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1936. 1936 had 311 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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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	230
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2