Weather Records on 5 April 1940

214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1940. Highest significance: Elkins, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1940

On 5 April 1940, 214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 211 daily.
Elkins set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 5 April 1940.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

214 stations

214 station records on 5 April 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burraga 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perthville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

214 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 April 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 April 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 211.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1940

Top 20 records on 5 April 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1940	Elkins, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1940	Bell Ranch, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1940	West Wyalong (Tallimbalong), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1940	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1940	West Wyalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1940	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1940	Springer, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1940	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Burraga 2, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Thomasville, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Carlsbad, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Tuena, AU	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Sulitjelma, NO	daily snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Crosbyton, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1940	Hvar, HR	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	33 years	24 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1940. 1940 had 214 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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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	155
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1