Weather Records on 19 April 1940

361 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1940. Highest significance: Washington 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 19 April 1940

On 19 April 1940, 361 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 355 daily.
Washington 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 19 April 1940.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

361 stations

361 station records on 19 April 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pattanamphitta	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

361 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 19 April 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 April 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 355.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1940

Top 20 records on 19 April 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1940	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Banner Elk, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Moores Hill, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Roanoke, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Scottsburg, US	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1940	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1940	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1940	Cadiz, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1940	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1940	Cambridge St Hospital, US	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1940	Asheville, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	32 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1940. 1940 had 361 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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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	239
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2