Weather Records on 7 April 1939

956 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1939. Highest significance: Longlea, AU.

Key Facts for 7 April 1939

On 7 April 1939, 956 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 456 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 898 daily.
Longlea set an all-time record daily precipitation of 130.8 mm (5.1 in) on 7 April 1939.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

956 stations

956 station records on 7 April 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Longlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Champawat	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Slaty Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chepstowe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winjallok	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

956 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 180, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 276, Heaviest daily rainfall 385, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 7 April 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	180
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	276
Heaviest daily rainfall	385
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 7 April 1939 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 51, daily 898.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

783 broken records

Margins by which the 783 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1939

Top 20 records on 7 April 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1939	Longlea, AU	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1939	Natte Yallock, AU	all-time rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1939	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1939	Amphitheatre, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1939	Bealiba, AU	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1939	Charlton Post Office, AU	all-time rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1939	Avoca (Post Office), AU	all-time rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	65 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1939	Navarre, AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1939	Narraport, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Landsborough, AU	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Stuart Mill State School, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Mount Macedon, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Champawat, IN	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Elmhurst, AU	all-time rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Heathcote, AU	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1939	Narrewilock, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)

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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1939. 1939 had 956 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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Data for records on 1939-04-07: 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 25	710
25 to 50	64
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1