Weather Records on 5 April 1941

401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1941. Highest significance: Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 5 April 1941

On 5 April 1941, 401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 373 daily.
Leeu Gamka (Sar) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 5 April 1941.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

401 stations

401 station records on 5 April 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	291.1 mm (11.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flat Top Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

401 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 5 April 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 5 April 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1941

Top 20 records on 5 April 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1941	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1941	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	monthly rain	291.1 mm (11.5 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Brakfontein, ZA	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Kriel (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Eton Police Station, AU	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	144.7 mm (5.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Fir Glen, ZA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Flat Top Island, AU	monthly rain	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Sviland, NO	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	King City, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1941	Contest, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	46 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

1809 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1941. 1941 had 401 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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Data for records on 1941-04-05: 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 50	354
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1