Weather Records on 1 April 1942

209 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1942. Highest significance: Nanutarra, AU.

Key Facts for 1 April 1942

On 1 April 1942, 209 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 190 daily.
Nanutarra set a daily record precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 1 April 1942.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

209 stations

209 station records on 1 April 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

209 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 1 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 1 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 190.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

154 broken records

Margins by which the 154 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1942

Top 20 records on 1 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1942	Nanutarra, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1942	Langdon Exp Farm, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1942	Burketown Post Office, AU	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	monthly high min	23.1 C (73.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Lock Haven, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Aseral, NO	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	monthly high max	38.2 C (100.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	San Jacinto, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Big Creek, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Gainesville, US	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Newnan 7 WNW, US	monthly low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	1 year	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Armstrong, CA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Kamloops, CA	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Humboldt, CA	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	61 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1942	Pakri, EE	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	49 years	20 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

1803 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1942. 1942 had 209 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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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	149
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1