Weather Records on 4 April 1941

353 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1941. Highest significance: Bloukrans (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 April 1941

On 4 April 1941, 353 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 325 daily.
Bloukrans (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 4 April 1941.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

353 stations

353 station records on 4 April 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arrino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
West Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

353 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 261, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 4 April 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 4 April 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 325.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

315 broken records

Margins by which the 315 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1941

Top 20 records on 4 April 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1941	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1941	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1941	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1941	Rio de Contas, BR	monthly rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Queenton, AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Roanoke, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Busby, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Arrino, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Millungera Station, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1941	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	39 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

1794 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 353 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 1941-04-04: 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 20	267
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3